52The Commission contends that no other act on its part could have been challenged by the applicants. It argues that, if it had adopted a general provision allowing all interested parties to carry out new imports from third countries, such an act of general application would have encompassed the applicants by reason of their objective status as importers, without thereby conferring on them hats standi to take action against that act (Case T-47/95 Terres Rouges and Others v Commission [1997] ECR II-481, paragraph 44 et seq.; Case T-168/95 Eridania and Others v Council [1999] ECR II-2245, paragraphs 39, 43, 46 and 51; Case T-194/95 Area Cow and Orders v Council [1999] ECR II-2271, paragraph 36 et seq.; and Case T-11/99 Vow Parys and Others v Commission [1999] ECR II-2653, paragraphs 44, 45, 50 and 51).
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