Judgment of the Court 19 September 1985

In Joined Cases 172 and 226/83

THE COURT composed of: Lord Mackenzie Stuart, President, G. Bosco and O. Due (Presidents of Chambers), P. Pescatore, U. Everling, K. Bahlmann, Y. Galmot, R. Joliét and T. F. O'Higgins, Judges, Advocate General: Sir Gordon Slynn Registrar: H. A. Rühi, Principal Administrator

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered at the sitting on 5 June 1985,

gives the following

JUDGMENT

Decision

Admissibility

Substance

The submission that the Commission wrongly, or without giving adequate reasons, required a reduction of 950000 tonnes in the production capacity for hot-rolled products

The submission that the Commission wrongly took into consideration aid of HFL 570 million infixing the capacity reduction to be imposed

The submission that the Commission was not entitled to provide for aid payments to be suspended if the relevant conditions were disregarded

The submission that the concepts of maximum possible production and reduction in production capacity have been misinterpreted

The decision concerning the Netherlands aid

The decisions concerning the Italian aid

Costs

1 Language of the Case: Dutch.