30It follows from the actual wording of that article that the criterion of the day on which the contested decision came to the knowledge of the applicant as the start of the period for instituting proceedings is subsidiary to the criteria of publication or notification (Germany v Council, cited above, paragraph 35; Case T-11/95 BP Chemicals v Commission [1998] ECR II-3235, paragraph 47; Case T-123/97 Salomon v Commission [1999] ECR II-2925, paragraph 42; and Case T-296/97 Alitalia v Commission [2000] ECR II-3871, paragraph 61).
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