45Finally, referring to the judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-135/96UEAPME v Council [1998] ECR II-2335, paragraph 89, the applicant is of the view that the contested decision escaped all democratic scrutiny. There was no consultation of either the European Parliament or the OCTs. That being so, the Council ought to have taken into consideration the OCTs' particular circumstances (UEAPME v Council, cited above, paragraph 90).