Although not a Commission decision, a comfort letter indicates how the Commission's departments view the case on the facts currently in their possession which means that the Commission could where necessary - for example, if it were to be asserted that a contract was void under Article 85 (2) of the EC Treaty and/or Article 53 (2) of the EEA Agreement - take an appropriate decision to clarify the legal situation.
Čeprav upravno pismo ni odločba Komisije, navaja, kakšno je na podlagi dejstev, s katerimi trenutno razpolagajo, stališče služb Komisije o primeru, kar pomeni, da bi Komisija lahko po potrebi - če bi, na primer, morala utemeljiti, da je bila pogodba nična v skladu s členom 85(2) Pogodbe ES in/ali členom 53(2) Sporazuma o EGP - sprejela ustrezno odločbo, s katero bi razjasnila pravni položaj.