On 5 November 2002, the Court of Justice made a number of judgments in cases referred to it by the Commission (C-466-469/98, C-467/98, C468/98, C-469/98, C-472/98, C-475/98 and C-476/98) which put an end to these agreements and contributed to this being recognised as a matter to be handled at Community level.
Les arrêts du 5 novembre 2002 de la Cour de justice (C-466-469/98, C-467/98, C468/98, C-469/98, C-472/98, C-475/98 et C-476/98), saisie par la Commission, sont venus mettre fin à ces accords et ont contribué à la reconnaissance de la compétence de l'Union.