Retten anvendte ligeledes det princip, der var blevet fastslået i®Domstolens dom af 15. maj 1997, TWD mod Kommissionen 17, hvorefter Kommissionen ikke overskrider rammerne for sin skønsbeføjelse, når den i®tilfælde af et støtteprojekt, som en medlemsstat tilbyder en virksomhed, træ©er en beslutning, hvorved denne støtte erklæres forenelig med fællesmarkedet, men med forbehold af, at virksomheden forudgående tilbagebetaler en tidligere ulovlig støtte, og dette på grund af den omhandlede støttes kumulative virkning.
On another point, in France and France Télécom v Commission, the Court stated that the fact that the Commission had, in the contested decision, altered its analysis by comparison with the decision to initiate a formal investigation procedure would lead, in the case of the State concerned, to infringement of the rights of the defence only if the information contained in that decision or subsequently provided during the exchange of arguments in the administrative procedure had not enabled the State to comment properly on all the matters of law or fact contained in the contested decision.