Ifølge Domstolen var det med rette, og uden at overskride sin kompetence, at Retten i den appellerede doms præmis 191 og 195 undersøgte virkningerne af den omtvistede informationsudveksling på de erhvervsdrivendes adfærd, der deltog i denne ordning, og i dommens præmis 196 konkluderede, at informationsudvekslingsordningen havde til formål at hindre, begrænse eller fordreje den normale konkurrence i EKSF-traktatens artikel 65, stk. l's forstand.
According to the Court, the Court of First Instance was correct and did not exceed the limits of its jurisdiction ratione materiae in examining, in paragraphs 191 and 195 of the judgment under appeal, the effects of the exchange of information at issue on the conduct of the traders which participated in that system and in concluding, in paragraph 1% of that judgment, that the information exchange system tended to prevent, restrict or distort normal competition within the meaning of Article 65(1) of the ECSC Treaty.