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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8330

30 October 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 51
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) court of justice
A Member State cannot challenge an EU decision in court, even indirectly, after two months have gone by - France and the mad cow affair

Luxembourg, 29/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - A Member State has two months after the adoption of a Commission decision in which to challenge the validity of that decision before the Court of Justice. France had therefore two months in which to dispute the validity of two decisions on lifting the embargo on British beef, taken by the Commission in 1998 and 1999. It was ruled, in substance by the European Court of Justice in the National Farmers' Union case, that France could not contest the...

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