52However, the administrative procedure relating to State aid is initiated solely against the Member State concerned. The undertakings receiving aid are regarded solely as ‘interested parties’ in that procedure. They cannot themselves seek to engage in an adversarial debate with the Commission in the same way as is offered to the abovementioned Member State (judgments of 24 September 2002 in Falck and Acciaierie di Bolzano v Commission, C‑74/00 P and C‑75/00 P, ECR, EU:C:2002:524, paragraphs 81 and 83; Alitalia v Commission, cited in paragraph 51 above, EU:T:2008:262, paragraph 170; and EDF v Commission, cited in paragraph 51 above, EU:T:2009:505, paragraph 102).
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