BY REASON OF THE DAMAGE TO WHICH THE LATTER IS LIKELY TO GIVE RISE , MUST TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT THAT MEASURE IS IN ITSELF AN INTERIM MEASURE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION IN THE COURSE OF AN INVESTIGATION WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN CONCLUDED .
12 THE COMMISSION AGREES WITH THE FINDING THAT THE CONTESTED INTERIM DECISION , BY REQUIRING THE APPLICANT TO SUPPLY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM CAR MARKET WITH RIGHT-HAND DRIVE FORD VEHICLES THROUGH GERMAN DISTRIBUTORS AND AT THE GERMAN MARKET PRICE IS OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO LEAD FORD BRITAIN TO LOWER THE PRICES OF VEHICLES OF THE SAME TYPE OR OF A SIMILAR TYPE PRODUCED BY THAT COMPANY ITSELF OR PURCHASED BY IT DIRECTLY FROM FORD WERKE AG . THE COMMISSION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THAT IS THE AIM OF ITS ACTION AND EMPHASIZES THAT ITS AIM IS INSPIRED BY THE INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS . IT ADDS THAT THE EXPECTED PRICE REDUCTION WOULD BE MERELY THE CONSEQUENCE OF NORMAL COMPETITION AND WOULD THEREFORE BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TREATY WHOSE ATTAINMENT THE COMMISSION MUST ENSURE , IN PARTICULAR BY IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE 85 .
13 AS THE COURT STATED IN ITS ORDER OF 17 JANUARY 1980 IN CASE 792/79 R CAMERA CARE LIMITED , THE COMMISSION MUST BE ABLE , WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE SUPERVISORY TASK CONFERRED UPON IT IN COMPETITION MATTERS BY THE TREATY AND REGULATION NO 17 , TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY MIGHT APPEAR INDISPENSABLE IN ORDER TO PREVENT ITS FINAL DECISION FROM BECOMING INEFFECTIVE . IT IS NEVERTHELESS NECESSARY FOR THOSE INTERIM MEASURES TO BE TAKEN ONLY IN CASES OF PROVEN URGENCY , IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF A SITUATION LIKELY TO CAUSE SERIOUS AND IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE PARTY APPLYING FOR THEIR ADOPTION OR INTOLERABLE DAMAGE TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST . THE MEASURES MUST BE OF A TEMPORARY AND CONSERVATORY NATURE AND MUST BE LIMITED TO WHAT IS NECESSARY IN THE GIVEN SITUATION .
14 THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK THAT THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE CONTESTED DECISION MIGHT , IF IT WERE PUT INTO OPERATION IMMEDIATELY , EXCEED THOSE OF A CONSERVATORY MEASURE AND IN THE MEANTIME CAUSE DAMAGE CONSIDERABLY IN EXCESS OF THE INEVITABLE BUT SHORT-LIVED DISADVANTAGES ARISING FROM SUCH A MEASURE . IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE TO SUSPEND THE OPERATION OF THE CONTESTED DECISION IN A MANNER SUCH THAT IT IS BROUGHT WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF A MEASURE WHICH MAINTAINS THE SITUATION WHICH HAD COME INTO BEING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 27 APRIL 1982 , BY KEEPING THE FLOW OF TRADE IN QUESTION AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME LEVEL AS IT HAD ATTAINED ON THAT DATE . THAT LEVEL WAS NOT YET , AS THE APPLICANT HAS ADMITTED , OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO BRING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF WHICH IT DECLARES ITSELF TO BE APPREHENSIVE AND WHICH IT CONSIDERS ITSELF ENTITLED TO PREVENT .
15 THAT RESULT MAY BE OBTAINED BY REQUIRING FORD WERKE AG TO