63Firstly, it is clear from those considerations that the question whether or not Saremar may pursue its economic activity and, consequently, the question whether the RAS has an interest in the pursuit of that activity are irrelevant for the issue whether the applicant has retained its interest in bringing proceedings. It follows from paragraphs 57 to 60 above that what matters in that regard is: (i) that the contested decision retains a purpose; and (ii) that it continues to produce legal effects in relation to the RAS and the decisions taken by it in its capacity as public authority. That is why the RAS’s statements in the context of Case T‑506/14, Grandi Navi Veloci v Commission and those of the President of the RAS, reproduced in the reasons of Regional Decision No 24/23 (see paragraph 40 above), relied on by the Commission, are not relevant to the present case. Moreover, contrary to the Commission assertions, in maintaining the present action despite those statements, the RAS is not disregarding the principle nemo potest venire contra factum proprium (no one may set himself in contradiction to his own previous conduct).
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