66Fourthly, the Commission argues that a high level of human health protection may be achieved only if assessments made by committees such as the CVMP are balanced by the competent institutions against all the scientific information available, taking into account scientific uncertainty, consumers' concerns, ethical or moral considerations or other legitimate factors and the precautionary principle. The Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance have explicitly upheld this right to balance different factors in a number of cases, notably those giving rise to the order in Case C-180/96 R United Kingdom v Commission [1996] ECR I-3903, the judgment in that case (Case C-180/96 [1998] ECR I-2265) and the judgment in Case T-199/96 Bergaderm and Goupil v Commission [1998] ECR II-2805).
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