1.Where the Commission intends to take a decision pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 which adversely affects one or more of the parties, it shall inform the notifying parties and other involved parties in writing of its objections and shall set a time limit within which they may make known their views in writing.
2.Where the Commission, pursuant to Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004, has taken a decision referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article provisionally without having given the notifying parties and other involved parties the opportunity to make known their views, it shall without delay send them the text of the provisional decision and shall set a time limit within which they may make known their views in writing.
Once the notifying parties and other involved parties have made known their views, the Commission shall take a final decision repealing, amending or confirming the provisional decision. Where notifying parties and other involved parties have not made known their views in writing within the time limit set, the Commission's provisional decision shall become final with the expiry of that period.