49The concept of independence, which is inherent in the task of adjudication, involves primarily an authority acting as a third party in relation to the authority which adopted the contested decision (see, to that effect, inter alia Case C-24/92 Corbiau [1993] ECR I-1277, paragraph 15, and Case C-516/99 Schmid [2002] ECR I-4573, paragraph 36).
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