128As regards the argument based on an invalid substitution of the statement of reasons by the General Court, the latter having stated, in paragraph 128 of the judgment under appeal, that, even if it were to consider that the Commission was required to ascertain whether there are justifications, DEI, as the appellant’s electricity supplier, maintained, without any ambiguity, that the preferential tariff was, during the period in question, below its corresponding production costs and that it was not offset elsewhere, it is important to note that it follows from the considerations in paragraph 129 of the judgment under appeal, according to which the Commission was able to conclude that it was apparent from the termination of the 1960 contract by DEI that the preferential tariff could not be justified on economic grounds concerning it, that the finding made by the General Court in paragraph 128 of that judgment was in fact intended to confirm the validity of the conclusion reached by the Commission in the contested decision, as regards the economic justification of the advantage granted by the measure in question.
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