62However, as regards the application made by the Belgian authorities to the referring court that it should be granted the power to determine future infringements simply by means of a report issued, on oath, by an official of the Directorate-General for Economic Inspection, as noted by the Advocate General in points 75 to 77 of his Opinion, such an application cannot be said to come within the scope of ‘civil and commercial matters’, as that application relates in actual fact to special powers that go beyond those arising from the ordinary legal rules applicable to relationships between private individuals.
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