AND THE NECESSARY AMORTIZATION , WHICH ARE AMONG THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 3 ( C ) AND ( G ) OF THE TREATY . FINALLY , THE DECISION DOES NOT PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO SATISFY THE DEMAND FROM ITS CUSTOMERS , PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH WHOM IT HAS CONCLUDED LONG-TERM SUPPLY CONTRACTS , AND THAT IS CONTRARY TO ARTICLE 3 ( A ) OF THE TREATY .
26 WITH REGARD TO THE ALLEGED CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE COMMISSION ' S EARLIER STATEMENTS , NAMELY THE FAVOURABLE OPINION DELIVERED ON 31 MAY 1980 , AND THE PROVISIONS OF DECISION NO 234/84 , THE COMMISSION IS CORRECT IN POINTING OUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NATURE OF THE TWO MEASURES AND BETWEEEN THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH THEY WERE ADOPTED . AS HAS BEEN STATED ABOVE , THE OPINION WAS A NON-BINDING MEASURE ADDRESSED TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDERTAKING ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME . ON THE OTHER HAND , DECISION NO 234/84 FORMS PART OF A BODY OF RULES , GENERAL AND BINDING IN NATURE , WHICH WERE INTRODUCED SUBSEQUENTLY BECAUSE OF A SHARP DETERIORATION IN THE CRISIS , FOR THE PURPOSE OF RE-ESTABLISHING A BALANCE BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND ON THE COMMUNITY STEEL MARKET AS A WHOLE . IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES , IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SPEAK OF A CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO MEASURES .
27 WITH REGARD TO THE ALLEGED FAILURE TO RESPECT THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 3 OF THE TREATY , IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THE COURT HAS CONSISTENTLY STATED THAT IT IS BY NO MEANS CERTAIN THAT ALL THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TREATY CAN BE SIMULTANEOUSLY PURSUED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES . IN A MANIFEST CRISIS CAUSED BY A SHARP DECLINE IN DEMAND , WHERE IT IS NECESSARY TO SPREAD EQUITABLY BETWEEN ALL THE UNDERTAKINGS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ADJUSTMENT OF PRODUCTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARKET , IT IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO ENSURE THAT THE NECESSARY AMORTIZATION CAN BE ACHIEVED AND TO PURSUE THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 3 ( G ), WHICH WERE FORMULATED WITH A VIEW TO A SITUATION OF ECONOMIC EXPANSION . WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPH ( A ) OF ARTICLE 3 , THE COMMISSION HAS RIGHTLY POINTED OUT THAT THAT PROVISION CONCERNS THE ORDERLY SUPPLY OF THE COMMON MARKET AND NOT SUPPLY BY AN INDIVIDUAL UNDERTAKING TO ITS TRADITIONAL CUSTOMERS .
28 IT FOLLOWS THAT THE SUBMISSION MUST BE DISMISSED .
THE ALLEGED BREACH OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SOLIDARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
29 ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT , DECISION NO 234/84 BREACHES THE PRINCIPLE OF SOLIDARITY AND THE REQUIREMENT OF PROPORTIONALITY BETWEEN THE ADVANTAGES OBTAINED FROM , AND THE SACRIFICES IMPOSED BY , MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY . THAT DECISION PREVENTS THE APPLICANT FROM USING ITS PRESENT PRODUCTION CAPACITY , SOMETHING WHICH OUGHT TO BE GUARANTEED AT LEAST UP TO THE LEVEL OF A QUOTA CORRESPONDING TO THE CONSUMPTION ON ITS NATURAL MARKET , NAMELY