It was therefore entitled to conclude that, since the procedural defect had occurred at the final stage of adoption of the PVC I decision, the annulment did not affect the validity of the measures preparatory to that decision which were taken before the stage at which the defect was found (see, with respect to a directive, Case 331/88 Fedesa and Others [1990], paragraph 34).
Orbene, al punto 189 della sentenza impugnata, il Tribunale ha rilevato che la Corte, con la sentenza 15 giugno 1994, aveva annullato la decisione PVC I a causa di un vizio procedurale concernente esclusivamente le modalità dell'adozione definitiva di tale decisione da parte della Commissione.