61Secondly, it should be added that, according to the case-law, the procedure for replacing an illegal measure may be resumed at the very point at which the illegality occurred, and the Commission is not required to recommence the procedure by going back further than that precise point (see, to that effect, judgments of 12 November 1998 in Spain v Commission, C‑415/96, ECR, EU:C:1998:533, paragraph 31; 3 October 2000 in Industrie des poudres sphériques v Council, C‑458/98 P, ECR, EU:C:2000:531, paragraph 82; and in Alitalia v Commission, cited in paragraph 51 above, EU:T:2008:262, paragraphs 99 and 142). That case-law relating to the replacement of a measure annulled by the Court also applies, in the absence of the Court’s annulment of the measure, when the author withdraws and replaces an illegal measure (see, to that effect, judgment in Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Communauté d’Agglomération du Douaisis v Commission, cited in paragraph 51 above, EU:T:2011:209, paragraph 83).
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