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Opinion of Advocate General Mengozzi delivered on 17 January 2013.#European Commission v Council of the European Union.#Action for annulment — State aid — Article 108(1) and (2) TFEU — Aid granted by the Republic of Latvia for the purchase of agricultural land — Competence of the Council of the European Union — Existing aid scheme — Accession of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union — Aid granted before accession — Appropriate measures — Two indissolubly connected aid schemes — Change of circumstances — Exceptional circumstances — Economic crisis — Manifest error of assessment — Principle of proportionality.#Case C‑118/10.