JUDGMENT OF 28.2.1984 — JOINED CASES 228 AND 229/82 FORD v COMMISSION

In Joined Cases 228 and 229/82,

THE COURT composed of: J. Mertens de Wilmars, President, T. Koopmans, K. Bahlmann, Y. Galmot (Presidents of Chambers), P. Pescatore, Lord Mackenzie Stuart, G. Bosco, O. Due and E. Everling, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: P. Heim

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Facts and Issues

I — Facts and procedure

A — The Ford Group and its members

B — The manufacture and marketing of Ford vehicles in Europe

C — The position of the applicants within the Ford Group

D — The institution of proceedings

E — The contested decision

F — The procedure before the Court

II — Conclusions of the parties

III — Submissions and arguments of the parties

Introduction

A — The admissibility of the action in Case 228/82

B — The substance of the case

First submission

(i) The applicants' arguments

(ii) The Commission's arguments

Second submission

(i) The applicants' arguments

(ii) The Commission's arguments

Third submission

(i) The applicants' arguments

(ii) The Commission's arguments

The observations of the intervening parties

IV — Oral procedure

Decision

Admissibility

Substance of the case

Costs