199On this last point, it must be observed that although the contracting authority may, before the contract is signed, either abandon the procurement or cancel the award procedure without the candidates or tenderers being entitled to claim any compensation (Article 114 of the financial regulation), the fact remains that these situations of abandonment of the procurement or cancellation of the procedure did not actually materialise and that, in the circumstances of the present case, the chances of the applicant being awarded the contract were very high, had it not been for the irregularities committed by the Commission.
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