29Nevertheless, as is clear from the findings of the Court of First Instance in paragraphs 14 and 16 of the judgment under appeal with regard to the contested acts, those acts must be regarded as giving notice of enforcement of a decision taken previously, that is to say the Welded steel mesh decision. As such, whether they occur before or after any time-bar, those acts cannot be regarded as having produced legal effects binding on, and capable of affecting the interests of, Ferriere Nord. In reality, they merely constitute acts purely preparatory to enforcement. Neither the former nor the latter acts constitute acts open to challenge (see, to that effect, Case C-46/03 United Kingdom v Commission [2005] ECR I-10167, paragraph 25, and Reynolds Tobacco and Others v Commission, paragraph 55).
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