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
84 IT FOLLOWS THAT AS A RESULT OF THE VERY NATURE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES PROVIDED FOR BY THE TREATY , WHICH DEROGATE IN ONE OR MORE PARTICULARS FROM THE NORMAL WORKING OF THE MARKET AND AFFECT IT MORE OR LESS PROFOUNDLY , SUCH MEASURES ARE CIRCUMSCRIBED BY MANDATORY CONDITIONS AS TO FORM AND SUBSTANCE WHICH MUST BE VERY STRICTLY OBSERVED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE LEGALITY OF THE DECISION , AND AMONGST WHICH ARE STATED IN AN EXHAUSTIVE MANNER THE PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES WHICH MUST NECESSARILY GOVERN THE ADOPTION OF THE DEROGATIVE DECISION , WHILST THE OTHER PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES LAID DOWN BY THE TREATY MAY BE REGARDED AS HELD IN ABEYANCE FOR THE LIMITED PERIOD DURING WHICH THE SAID DEROGATIVE DECISION REMAINS IN FORCE .
85 THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 61 - REFERRING SOLELY TO ARTICLE 3 OF THE TREATY - MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN IN THAT ARTICLE OF ITSELF ENSURES THE LEGALITY OF A DECISION IMPOSING MINIMUM PRICES .
86 THEREFORE IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO DEAL IN DETAIL WITH THE ARGUMENTS ADVANCED BY THE APPLICANTS IN RELIANCE ON ARTICLES 2 , 4 AND 5 , SINCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN IN THOSE ARTICLES IS NOT ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR A FINDING THAT DECISION NO 962/77 WAS LAWFUL .
SECTION 2 : THE LEGALITY OF DECISION NO 962/77 IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW
87 IT IS NECESSARY TO POINT OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT THE OBJECT OF ARTICLE 61 IS TO ENABLE THE COMMUNITY TO OVERCOME