The EU Court of Justice upholds that the statement of reasons on which the Commission based its decision must be clear to enable the persons concerned to ascertain the reasons for the measure (Florimex)

Case C-265/97 P Coöperatieve Vereniging De Verenigde Bloemenveilingen Aalsmeer BA (VBA) v Florimex BV and Others* 1. The statement of reasons required by Article 190 of the Treaty (now Article 253 EC) must be appropriate to the act at issue and must disclose in a clear and unequivocal fashion the reasoning followed by the institution which adopted the measure in question in such a way as to enable the persons concerned to ascertain the reasons for the measure and to enable the competent