TO MAKE USE OF THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTED TO IT BY THE COMMISSION DECISION WAS ENTIRELY THEORETICAL , SINCE THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT AS TO THE INTENTION OF THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES TO APPLY THE DECISION .
10 IT MUST THEREFORE BE ACCEPTED THAT THE DECISION AT ISSUE WAS OF DIRECT CONCERN TO THE APPLICANTS .
11 WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION WHETHER THE APPLICANTS ARE ALSO INDIVIDUALLY CONCERNED , IT SHOULD FIRST BE POINTED OUT , AS THE COURT STATED IN ITS JUDGMENT OF 15 JULY 1963 ( CASE 25/62 , PLAUMANN , ( 1963 ) ECR 95 ), THAT ' PERSONS OTHER THAN THOSE TO WHOM A DECISION IS ADDRESSED MAY ONLY CLAIM TO BE INDIVIDUALLY CONCERNED IF THAT DECISION AFFECTS THEM BY REASON OF CERTAIN ATTRIBUTES WHICH ARE PECULIAR TO THEM OR BY REASON OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THEY ARE DIFFERENTIATED FROM ALL OTHER PERSONS AND BY VIRTUE OF THESE FACTORS DISTINGUISHES THEM INDIVIDUALLY JUST AS IN THE CASE OF THE PERSON ADDRESSED ' .
12 THE APPLICANTS ARGUE THAT THEY FULFIL THE CONDITIONS SET OUT ABOVE SINCE THEY ARE THE MAIN GREEK UNDERTAKINGS WHICH PRODUCE AND EXPORT COTTON YARN TO FRANCE . THEY ARGUE THAT THEY THEREFORE BELONG TO A CLASS OF TRADERS INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA HAVING TO DO WITH THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON AND THE LENGTH OF TIME DURING WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN CARRIED ON . IN THAT REGARD THE APPLICANTS EMPHASIZE THAT THE PRODUCTION AND EXPORT TO FRANCE OF COTTON YARN OF GREEK ORIGIN REQUIRES AN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION WHICH CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT , AND CERTAINLY NOT DURING THE SHORT PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF THE DECISION IN QUESTION .
13 THAT PROPOSITION CANNOT BE ACCEPTED . IT MUST FIRST BE POINTED OUT THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE AFFECTED BY THE DECISION AT ISSUE ONLY IN THEIR CAPACITY AS EXPORTERS TO FRANCE OF COTTON YARN OF GREEK ORIGIN . THE DECISION IS NOT INTENDED TO LIMIT THE PRODUCTION OF THOSE PRODUCTS IN ANY WAY , NOR DOES IT HAVE SUCH A RESULT .
14 AS FOR THE EXPORTATION OF THOSE PRODUCTS TO FRANCE , THAT IS CLEARLY A COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WHICH CAN BE CARRIED ON AT ANY TIME BY ANY UNDERTAKING WHATEVER . IT FOLLOWS THAT THE DECISION AT ISSUE CONCERNS THE APPLICANTS IN THE SAME WAY AS ANY OTHER TRADER ACTUALLY OR POTENTIALLY FINDING HIMSELF IN THE SAME POSITION . THE MERE FACT THAT THE APPLICANTS EXPORT GOODS TO FRANCE IS NOT THEREFORE SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH THAT THEY ARE INDIVIDUALLY CONCERNED BY THE CONTESTED DECISION .
15 THE APPLICANTS ARGUE HOWEVER THAT THEIR SITUATION MAY BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THAT OF ANY OTHER EXPORTER TO FRANCE OF COTTON YARN OF GREEK ORIGIN INASMUCH AS THEY HAD ENTERED INTO A SERIES OF CONTRACTS OF SALE WITH FRENCH CUSTOMERS , TO BE PERFORMED DURING THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF THE DECISION AND COVERING QUANTITIES OF COTTON YARN IN EXCESS OF THE QUOTAS