75The applicants claim, first, that the Commission acted in breach of the principle of sound administration. In showing an inexplicable lack of diligence, the Commission disregarded its duty of vigilance and, in ignoring the interest of public health by prioritising the protection of the economic interests of the United Kingdom, it failed in its duty to strike a proper balance between the interests at issue. The principle of sound administration especially required the Community institutions to take into account the impact that the relaxation of the previously-introduced measures to control BSE was likely to have on the farming sector (see, to that effect, Case T-73/95 Oliveira v Commission [1997] ECR II-381, paragraph 32), which it failed to do.
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