I dommen præciserer Bruxelles’ appelret dels, at »hvis lovgiver faktisk havde villet underlægge allenyhedsbureauer samme ordning, ville dette fremgå klart i loven i stedet for en specifik henvisning til Belga (præmis 2.3 i dommen)«, dels at »Belgacom kun kunne genindføre lighed (mellem nyhedsbureauerne) ved at tilbyde Way Up særligt gunstige forretningsvilkår svarende til den af lovgiverforeskrevne nedsættelse til bureauet Belga. Belgacom har imidlertid ingen kommerciel interesse i attilbyde Way Up præferencetakster.
In its judgment, the Brussels Appeal Court stated that ‘if the legislature had wished to place all pressagencies on the same footing, it would have been sure to make that clear in the act instead of expresslymentioning only Belga’ (paragraph 2.3) and that ‘it (Belgacom) could restore equality (between pressagencies) only by granting Way Up particularly advantageous commercial terms corresponding to thereduction established by the legislature for the benefit of Belga.