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Document 61976CJ0101
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MEASURES ADOPTED BY AN INSTITUTION - REGULATION - CONCEPT
A REGULATION IS A MEASURE WHICH APPLIES TO OBJECTIVELY DETERMINED SITUATIONS AND PRODUCES LEGAL EFFECTS WITH REGARD TO CATEGORIES OF PERSONS REGARDED GENERALLY AND IN THE ABSTRACT .
THE NATURE OF A MEASURE AS A REGULATION IS NOT CALLED IN QUESTION BY THE POSSIBILITY OF DETERMINING MORE OR LESS PRECISELY THE NUMBER OR EVEN THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSONS TO WHOM IT APPLIES AT A GIVEN MOMENT AS LONG AS IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT IT IS APPLIED BY VIRTUE OF AN OBJECTIVE LEGAL OR FACTUAL SITUATION DEFINED BY THE MEASURE IN RELATION TO THE OBJECTIVE OF THE LATTER .
THE FACT THAT A LEGAL PROVISION MAY HAVE DIFFERENT ACTUAL EFFECTS FOR THE VARIOUS PERSONS TO WHOM IT APPLIES IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH ITS NATURE AS A REGULATION WHEN THAT SITUATION IS OBJECTIVELY DEFINED .