Decisión nº: 003442

In April 1999 the 1971 Fund Executive Committee, noting that a number of claimants had brought legal actions against the 1971 Fund in the Civil Court in la Coruña, and also noting the different opinions of the Spanish Government and the Fund on the question as to whether or not the claims were time-barred. instructed the Director to study further this complex issue. In view of the time constraints, the Committe decided, however, that the Fund should raise the defence of time-bar in the civil proceedings.