TO ARTICLES 5 AND 15 OF THE ECSC TREATY , THE COMMUNITY MUST MAKE PUBLIC THE REASONS FOR ITS ACTION AND THE DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION MUST STATE THE REASONS ON WHICH THEY ARE BASED AND REFER TO ANY OPINIONS WHICH WERE REQUIRED TO BE OBTAINED .
16 CERTAIN OF THE APPLICANTS SUBMIT THAT THE STATING OF REASONS CONSTITUTES A FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT , ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF A LEGISLATIVE MEASURE INVOLVING THE EXERCISE OF A DISCRETIONARY POWER . ACCORDING TO THEM , THE STATEMENT OF REASONS ACCOMPANYING DECISION NO 962/77 IS ' ' DISTORTED , INCOMPLETE AND INSUFFICIENT ' ' , AND NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS OF THE TREATY . THE DECISION , IT IS ARGUED , RESTS ON A SERIES OF UNSUBSTANTIATED STATEMENTS AND FAILS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND THE CONDITIONS OF PRODUCTION OF THOSE APPLICANTS . ALSO , THE COMMISSION DID NOT MENTION THE FACT THAT THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE REFERRED TO ARTICLE 54 AND NOT TO ARTICLE 61 AS A MEANS OF FINDING A SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS .
17 THE COMMISSION REJECTS THOSE ARGUMENTS , POINTING OUT THAT IN THE PREAMBLE TO THE DECISION THE STATEMENT OF REASONS OBSERVED THAT THE STEEL INDUSTRY HAD BEEN IN SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES FOR SOME YEARS AND THAT THE CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT BARS SECTOR WAS EXPERIENCING AN EVEN GREATER DETERIORATION THAN THE STEEL INDUSTRY IN GENERAL .
18 IT IS TRUE THAT THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 5 AND 15 OF THE TREATY LAY DOWN REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE OBSERVED BY THE COMMISSION , BUT NEITHER THE FORM NOR THE EXTENT OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS SPECIFIED . ON A REASONABLE CONSTRUCTION , WHEN IT IS A QUESTION OF A MEASURE INTENDED TO APPLY GENERALLY , THOSE REQUIREMENTS OBLIGE THE COMMISSION TO MENTION IN THE REASONS ON WHICH ITS DECISION IS BASED THE SITUATION AS A WHOLE WHICH LED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE DECISION AND THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES WHICH IT SEEKS TO ATTAIN .
19 THEREFORE , THE COMMISSION CANNOT BE REQUIRED TO SPECIFY THE NUMEROUS , COMPLEX FACTS IN THE LIGHT OF WHICH THE DECISION WAS ADOPTED , AND A FORTIORI IT CANNOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MORE OR LESS COMPLETE APPRAISAL THEREOF OR TO REFUTE THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY THE CONSULTATIVE BODIES .
20 THE STATEMENT OF THE REASONS ON WHICH DECISION NO 962/77 IS BASED SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLES 5 AND 15 OF THE ECSC TREATY .
21 IN FACT , THAT STATEMENT OF REASONS STARTS BY NOTING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF CRISIS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND THE EFFECTS THEREOF ON PRICES ; IT MENTIONS THE FAILURE OF THE VOLUNTARY PLANNING OF DELIVERIES IN THE CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT BARS SECTOR AND IT INSISTS ON THE PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY THE MARKET FOR THAT PRODUCT .
22 THE COMPLAINT THAT THE STATEMENT OF REASONS DID NOT MENTION THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND THE CONDITIONS OF PRODUCTION OF THE UNDERTAKINGS IN BRESCIA MUST BE DISMISSED ON THE GROUND THAT THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED