Domstolen fandt det endvidere vigtigt at understrege, at i betragtning af lagrenes formindskelse siden udgangen af 1986 burde de sagsøgende selskaber, som fornuftige og velunderrettede erhvervsdrivende, have forudset det gradvise fald i salgsprisen på smør og den tilsvarende nedsættelse af støtten, som uundgåeligt følger af lagrenes formindskelse.
The Court also considered it necessary to point out that, in view of the fact that stocks had been constantly falling since the end of 1986, the applicant undertakings, as prudent and competent economic operators, ought to have foreseen the progressive increase in the selling price of butter and the correlative reduction in the level of aid which inevitably resulted from the diminution of stocks.