The EU Court of First Instance rejects an airline company’s appeal against a Commission’s decision requiring the termination of exclusive rights on French air routes (Air Inter)

Case T-260/94 Air Inter SA v Commission of the European Communities* 1. Respect for the rights of the defence, in all proceedings which are initiated against a person and which are liable to culminate in a measure adversely affecting that person, is a fundamental principle of Community law which must be guaranteed even in the absence of any specific rules or where legislation exists which does not itself