57Furthermore, as the Advocate General noted, in essence, in point 43 of his Opinion, the fact that the application does not specify whether, according to the Commission, that wrongful issue is the result of actions by the authorities of Curaçao and Aruba attributable to the Kingdom of the Netherlands or the consequence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ failure to adopt appropriate measures to prevent certificates from being wrongfully issued did not preclude the latter from exercising its rights of defence effectively with regard to the breach of obligations alleged.
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