85As the Advocate General observed, in essence, in point 103 of his Opinion, the Commission cannot be required to trigger the formal investigation procedure in respect of an aid measure solely on the ground that interested third parties have spontaneously submitted observations regarding a notified measure, irrespective of the origin or number of such observations. It is only if such observations refer to factors capable of revealing the existence of serious difficulties in the assessment of the notified measure that the Commission must trigger the formal investigation procedure.
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