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1 . Annulment of measures - Time-limits - Point from which time starts to run - Decision neither published nor notified to the applicant - Precise knowledge of the content of and reasons for the decision - Obligation to request the whole text of the decision within a reasonable time once its existence is known

( ECSC Treaty, Art . 33, third paragraph )

2 . Annulment of measures - Action brought by an association of undertakings against an individual ECSC decision of which it is not the addressee - Decision authorizing the payment of State aid to undertakings competing with the association' s members

( ECSC Treaty, Arts 33, second paragraph, and 48 )

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1 . Failing publication or notification, it is for the party who has knowledge of a decision concerning it to request the whole text thereof within a reasonable period . Subject to that proviso, the period for bringing an action begins to run only from the moment when the third party concerned acquires precise knowledge of the content of the decision in question in such a way as to enable it to exercise its right of action .

2 . An association within the meaning of Article 48 of the ECSC Treaty made up of undertakings in the steel industry of a Member State, whose purpose is to represent the common interests of its members, is concerned, within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 33 of the ECSC Treaty, by Commission decisions authorizing the payment of State aid to competing undertakings established in another region of the Community .