95In the present case, it must first be pointed out that, as the Commission argues, the fact that the BayZal did not provide that the granting of EAFRD support was to be conditional on the implementation of comparative selection criteria between potentially eligible operations has no bearing on the interpretation of Article 71(2) of Regulation No 1698/2005, as set out in paragraphs 65 and 66 above, according to which the implementation of such criteria was mandatory (see, by analogy, judgment of 7 July 2016, Poland v Commission, C‑210/15 P, not published, EU:C:2016:529, paragraph 43).
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