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1. WE ARE ATTRACTED TO THE COURSE PROPOSED IN YOUR TUR AND ARE CONTENT THAT A PRELIMINARY INDICATION SHOULD BE GIVEN NOW THAT AN APPEAL TO THE CONSEIL D'ETAT WILL BE MADE.

2. WE WOULD LIKE TO CLEARER ABOUT THE LEGAL PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN TAKING THIS UNUSUAL STEP AND THE LIKELY TIME FRAME AND COST, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 6 OF TUR. WE ARE ARRANGING FOR GRAHAM HARRIS, A MEMBER OF THE PROSECUTING TEAM HANDLING THE BFML CASE, TO BE IN PARIS IN THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES WITH YOU, CLIFFORD CHANCE, AND THE OTHER FRENCH LAWYERS.

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