25The Commission submits, in addition, that the fact that reasons connected with the protection of human health or of the environment may have provided the inspiration for conclusion of the Convention is not such as to represent an obstacle to approval of the Convention on the basis of Article 133 EC since, first, it is settled case-law that the common commercial policy should, by its nature, be interpreted extensively, beyond the strict bounds of trade. That policy may therefore include measures other than customs or tariff measures and pursue objectives other than the mere regulation of trade with nonmember countries, such as development aid for such States, the implementation of a foreign and security policy or, specifically, protection of the environment and of health. In that connection, the Commission refers in particular to Case 45/86 Commission v Council [1987] ECR 1493, Case C-62/88 Greece v Council [1990] ECR I-1527 (the ‘Chernobyl case’), and Case C-281/01 Commission v Council [2002] ECR I-12049, in which the Court annulled Council Decision 2001/469/EC of 14 May 2001 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Community on the coordination of energy-efficient labelling programs for office equipment (OJ 2001 L 172, p. 1).
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