Det forholder sig ikke desto mindre således, at hvis DSB ikke forinden havde fastslået, at Fællesskabets importordning for bananer var uforenelig med WTO-reglerne, ville De Forenede Stater ikke have kunnet hverken ansøge om eller opnå DSB’s godkendelse.
It was none the less the case that, were it not for the prior finding by the DSB that the Community regime governing the import of bananas was incompatible with WTO rules, the United States would not have been able to seek or obtain such authorisation from the DSB.