Ved denne lejlighed erklærede Kommissionen — som i svarskriftet havde påstået delvis afvisning af anbringendet om krænkelse af kodeksens artikel 3 — at den i denne sag, som er begrænset til retsspørgsmål, gav afkald på at gøre gældende, at den uanfægtelige karakter af beslutning 94/1070 hindrede, at der nu kunne foretages en prøvelse af den omtvistede driftsstøtte, der indgik i den flerårige tyske plan for årene 1994-2002, og som således endeligt blev tilladt ved den pågældende beslutning.
On that occasion, the Commission — which, in its defence to the application, had raised an objection of partial inadmissibility against the plea alleging infringe ment of Article 3 of the Code — stated that, in the context of the present proceedings restricted to questions of law, it was no longer contending that the unchallengeable nature of Decision 94/1070 precluded a challenge to the operational aid at issue which was part of the German multiannual plan for 1994 to 2002 and which had therefore been authorised once and for all by that decision.