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1 . Actions for annulment of measures - Time-limits - Point from which time starts to run - Notification - Concept

( EEC Treaty, Art . 173, 3rd paragraph )

2 . Actions for annulment of measures - Action brought against a decision confirming a decision not challenged within the time-limits - Inadmissibility

( EEC Treaty, Art . 173 )

3 . Procedure - Time-limits for instituting proceedings - Community rules - Extension under rules of national law - Inadmissible

Summary

1 . A decision must be deemed to have been duly notified to an applicant, within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 173 of the Treaty, when he has received a specific and unequivocal letter containing it together with a statement of its reasons .

2 . An action for the annulment of a decision purely confirmatory of an earlier decision not challenged within the time-limits is inadmissible .

3 . Time-limits for instituting proceedings before the Court are governed exclusively by Community law, so that an applicant may not rely on a ground of extension provided for in national law .