45It is clear from Article 130r of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 174 EC) that the protection of human health is one of the objectives of the Community policy on the environment, that that policy aims at a high level of protection and is to be based inter alia on the precautionary principle, and that the requirements of that policy must be integrated into the definition and implementation of other Community policies. In addition, it follows from the case-law of the Court that the precautionary principle may also apply in policy on the protection of human health which, according to Article 129 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 152 EC) likewise aims at a high level of protection (see, to that effect, Case C-157/96 National Farmers' Union and Others [1998] ECR I-2211, paragraphs 63 and 64; Case C-236/01 Monsanto Agricoltura Italia and Others [2003] ECR I-8105, paragraphs 128 and 133; Commission v Denmark, paragraph 49; and Commission v France, paragraph 56; see also, to that effect, Case T-13/99 Pfizer Animal Health v Council [2002] ECR II-3305, paragraphs 139 and 140; Case T-70/99 Alpharma v Council [2002] ECR II-3495, paragraphs 152 and 153; and Case T-177/02 Malagutti-Vezinhet v Commission [2004] ECR II-827, paragraph 54).
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