62The defendants contend that they have always acted strictly in accordance with the applicable legal rules and with resolve, within the limits of their respective spheres of competence and in adapting their action to the scientific knowledge available on the epizootics and their consequences for public and animal health. They point out that they have broad discretion, both in the common agricultural policy and in the implementation of Article 152 EC. More specifically, with respect to combating BSE, the case-law has recognised that the institutions have broad discretion in the adoption of safeguard measures (Case C-157/96 National Farmers' Union and Others [1998] ECR I-2211, paragraph 61 et seq., and Case C-180/96 United Kingdom v Commission [1998] ECR I-2265, paragraph 37).
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