31Observance of the rights of the defence before the adoption of a decision relating to merger control therefore requires the notifying parties to be put in a position in which they can make known effectively their views on the accuracy and relevance of all the factors that the Commission intends to base its decision on (see, by analogy, judgment of 22 October 2013, Sabou, C‑276/12, EU:C:2013:678, paragraph 38 and the case-law cited).
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