23 THE APPLICANT CLAIMS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN INADEQUATE REASONS IN REGULATIONS NOS 387/81 AND 388/81 FOR THE RETROACTIVE EFFECT GIVEN TO THOSE REGULATIONS AND THEREFORE HAS INFRINGED THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 190 OF THE TREATY .
24 ACCORDING TO THE CASE-LAW OF THE COURT THE STATEMENT OF THE REASONS ON WHICH A MEASURE IS BASED , WHICH IS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 190 OF THE TREATY , MUST BE ADAPTED TO THE NATURE OF THE MEASURE IN QUESTION . IT MUST ENABLE THE REASONING OF THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MEASURE TO EMERGE CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY SO AS TO ENABLE THOSE CONCERNED TO RECOGNIZE THE REASONS FOR THE MEASURE ADOPTED AND THE COURT TO EXERCISE ITS POWER OF REVIEW .
25 THE STATEMENT OF THE REASONS ON WHICH COUNCIL REGULATION NO 387/81 IS BASED STATES FIRST THAT ' ' COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1111/77 OF 17 MAY 1977 LAYING DOWN COMMON PROVISIONS FOR ISOGLUCOSE , IN THE VERSION ESTABLISHED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1293/79 , PROVIDED FOR THE APPLICATION OF A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION QUOTAS FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980 ' ' AND , SECONDLY , THAT ' ' IN CASES NO 138/79 AND NO 139/79 THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , ON 29 OCTOBER 1980 , ANNULLED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1293/79 , WHICH AMENDED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1111/77 , ON THE GROUNDS OF AN INFRINGEMENT OF AN ESSENTIAL PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT ; . . . IN REJECTING ALL THE ALLEGED COMPLAINTS OF BREACH OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF COMPETITION , OF PROPORTIONALITY AND OF NON-DISCRIMINATION MADE AGAINST THE SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION QUOTAS INTRODUCED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1293/79 , THE COURT AFFIRMED THAT THE LATTER REGULATION WAS SUBSTANTIVELY IN CONFORMITY WITH COMMUNITY LAW ; . . . IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE TO REINSTATE INTER ALIA THE SYSTEM OF QUOTAS CONCERNED RETROACTIVELY . ' '
26 COUNCIL REGULATION NO 388/81 STATES IN PARTICULAR THAT , FOLLOWING THE DECLARATION BY THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT IN CASES 138 AND 139/79 THAT REGULATION NO 1293/79 WAS VOID , ' ' IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY DOUBTS AS TO THE LEGALITY OF ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION NO 1592/80 , IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT THIS ARTICLE SHOULD HENCEFORTH CONTAIN A REFERENCE TO ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1111/77 IN THE VERSION ESTABLISHED IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 387/81 ' ' .
27 LACONIC AS THESE REASONS MAY BE , THEY SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT LAID DOWN BY ARTICLE 190 OF THE TREATY . IN FACT , BY REFERRING TO THE SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION QUOTAS , WHICH MOREOVER WAS WELL KNOWN TO THOSE CONCERNED , AND BY THE CONCERN TO PRESERVE LEGAL CERTAINTY WHICH IS SHOWN IN PARTICULAR BY REGULATION NO 388/81 , TO AVOID ANY DOUBTS AS TO THE VERSION APPLICABLE FROM THEN ON OF ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION NO 1111/77 , THE PROVISIONS OF THE PREAMBLE TO