72Second, as the General Court correctly noted in paragraph 84 of the order under appeal, it is apparent from the case-law of the Court that a Member State can avoid the adverse financial consequences of interest, the amount of which may be high, by making the amount claimed available to the Commission, while expressing reservations as to the validity of the Commission’s arguments (see, to that effect, judgments of 16 May 1991, Commission v Netherlands, C‑96/89, EU:C:1991:213, paragraph 17, and of 12 September 2000, Commission v United Kingdom, C‑359/97, EU:C:2000:426, paragraph 31).
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