28The term ‘act of general application’ has been interpreted by the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance in connection with the application of Articles 230 EC and 249 EC. According to settled case-law, an act is regarded as being of general application if it applies to objectively determined situations and entails legal effects for categories of persons regarded generally and in the abstract (see, in particular, Joined Cases 789/79 and 790/79 Calpak and Società Emiliana Lavorazione Frutta v Commission [1980] ECR 1949, paragraph 9, and Case C-41/99 P Sadam Zuccherifici and Others v Council [2001] ECR I-4239, paragraph 24).
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