31In the present case, however, the damaging effects of the Cement decision arose vis-à-vis the applicants predecessors as soon as they were ordered to pay a fine. Those orders were coupled with the option, made available in order to avoid having to pay the fines immediately, of providing bank guarantees. Contrary to what is submitted by the applicant, the damaging effects of the Cement decision therefore did not arise when the Court of First Instance annulled that decision. It is in fact irrelevant, as regards the starting point of the period of limitation, that the Community's unlawful conduct was established by a ruling of that Court.
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