Domstolen mindede ligeledes om, at artikel 37 i EF-traktaten ikke kræver fuldstændig ophævelse af statslige handelsmonopoler, men at de tilpasses, således at enhver forskelsbehandling af medlemsstaternes statsborgere med hensyn til forsynings- og afsætningsvilkår er udelukket.
The Court also repeated that Article 37 of the EC Treaty does not require national monopolies having a commercial character to be abolished but requires them to be adjusted in such a way as to ensure that no discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured and marketed exists between nationals of Member States.