29Furthermore, although the contested decision was addressed to the Republic of Austria, the latter did not exercise any discretion when communicating it to the Land Oberösterreich, which therefore is also directly concerned by the contested decision for the purposes of the fourth paragraph of Article 230 EC (see, to that effect, Joined Cases 41/70 to 44/70 International Fruit Company and Others v Commission [1971] ECR 411, paragraphs 25 to 28).
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