If they said yes, the commission would propose a normal EC law.

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The judge also rejected the argument that the prohibition on an alien standing for election to the Chief Pleas was a breach of EC law.

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But his success in blocking more EC powers over employment law allowed him, too, to claim a triumph.

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The EC itself has already said "we have a problem with the compatibility of minimum pricing plans under community law".

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