25It is, however, necessary to consider whether, notwithstanding their general scope, the contested provisions may nevertheless be regarded as being of direct and individual concern to the applicant. According to settled case-law, the fact that a provision is of general application does not prevent it from being of direct and individual concern to some of the economic operators whom it affects (judgments of the Court of Justice in Case C-358/89 Extramet Industrie v Council [1991] ECR I-2501, paragraphs 13 and 14, Case C-309/89 Codorniu v Council [1994] ECR I-1853, paragraph 19, and Case C-451/98 Antillean Rice Mills v Council [2001] ECR I-8949, paragraph 46; judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 December 2001 in Case T-43/98 Emesa Sugar v Council [2001] ECR II-3519, paragraph 47).
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