60In any event, where the contested decision does not state the reasons on which it is based, the institution which adopted it cannot remedy such a defect by making that statement of reasons before the Court, as pointed out in paragraph 51 of this judgment. However, as noted in paragraph 56 of this judgment, the General Court found that there was no statement of reasons for the disputed decision. Consequently, it cannot be criticised for not having taken into account the reasoning provided by the Commission in the course of the proceedings. The second part of the second ground of appeal must therefore be rejected.
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