Herved finder jeg ikke, at Kommissionen ved at henvise til sine tidligere meddelelser hindrede Portugal i at forsvare sine interesser under den foreliggende sag, og at principperne om gennemsigtighed, forudsigelighed og retssikkerhed ikke er blevet iagttaget.
In reaching this finding, I consider that the reference by the Commission to its earlier communications did not hinder Portugal in defending its interests in the course of the current proceedings and that the principles of transparency, predictability and legal certainty have been observed.