29It is clear from the actual wording of that provision, as from its aim which is to guarantee legal certainty, that a measure which has not been challenged within that period becomes definitive. That definitive nature concerns not only the measure itself, but also any later measure which is merely confirmatory. That approach, which is justified by the requirement of legal stability, applies to individual measures as well as those which have a legislative character, such as a regulation.
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