MARKET ' , IT CONSIDERS THAT THE PURPOSE OF ARTICLES 14 D AND 14 C DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THAT PRINCIPLE . IN ITS VIEW , THEIR PURPOSE IS NOT TO RESERVE AN ADVANTAGE TO DDS BUT TO PROVIDE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF GRANTING ADDITIONAL QUOTAS TO AN UNDERTAKING WHICH IF SUCH QUOTAS WERE NOT GRANTED WOULD BE IN DANGER OF HAVING TO CLOSE , PROVIDED THAT IT SATISFIES ALL THE OBJECTIVE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN THOSE ARTICLES . THAT PURPOSE IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 3 ( E ) OF THE ECSC TREATY .
21 FROM THE FOREGOING IT APPEARS THAT THE CHIEF GROUND GIVEN BY THE COMMISSION TO JUSTIFY THE RULES INTRODUCED BY ARTICLES 14 D AND 14 C IS THAT ARTICLE 14 OF DECISION NO 234/84 , WHICH AUTHORIZES THE GRANTING SUBJECT TO CERTAIN STRICT CONDITIONS OF QUOTA SUPPLEMENTS TO A STEEL UNDERTAKING WHICH EXPERIENCES EXCEPTIONAL DIFFICULTIES AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATION OF THE QUOTA SYSTEM , DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE MEANS OF DEALING WITH THE SITUATION IN WHICH AN UNDERTAKING FACES NOT ONLY EXCEPTIONAL DIFFICULTIES BUT ALSO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS THE FACT THAT IT IS THE SOLE STEEL PRODUCER IN A MEMBER STATE , WHOSE SUPPLIES ARE THEREFORE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THAT UNDERTAKING . IN SUCH A CASE , THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS THAT IT HAS PROVED NECESSARY TO GRANT THE UNDERTAKING AN ADDITIONAL QUOTA IN ORDER TO PREVENT ITS HAVING TO CLOSE . IT HAS STATED THAT THAT IS THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ARTICLES 14 D AND 14 C .
22 IN THAT REGARD IT SHOULD BE STATED , AS THE APPLICANT HAS RIGHTLY MAINTAINED , THAT THE GROUNDS PUT FORWARD BY THE COMMISSION FOR ADOPTING ARTICLES 14 D AND 14 C ARE PRIMA FACIE ERRONEOUS . INDEED , IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW THE COMMISSION CAN JUSTIFY AN EXCEPTION TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE RESPECTIVE MARKET SHARES SHOULD BE FROZEN MERELY BY RELYING ON THE NEED TO GUARANTEE SUPPLIES ON THE MARKET OF A MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ONLY ONE STEEL UNDERTAKING , WHEN IT IS CLEAR FROM THE INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE COURT THAT DDS EXPORTS THREE-QUARTERS OF ITS CATEGORY II PRODUCTION AND THAT THERE IS SURPLUS PRODUCTION CAPACITY IN THE MARKET IN CATEGORY II SHEET WHICH WOULD ENABLE UNDERTAKINGS IN OTHER MEMBER STATES TO SUPPLY DENMARK WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY IF THAT WERE TO PROVE NECESSARY .
23 FURTHERMORE , THE FACT THAT DANISH IMPORTS IN CATEGORY II ARE ALMOST AS HIGH AS DANISH EXPORTS IN THAT CATEGORY AND THAT DENMARK HAS NO DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING SUPPLIES OF OTHER CATEGORIES OF STEEL PRODUCTS WHICH DDS DOES NOT MANUFACTURE CONSTITUTES FURTHER PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT THE COUNTRY ' S SUPPLIES WOULD NOT BE JEOPARDIZED IF THE ADDITIONAL QUOTA OF 25 000 TONNES PER QUARTER PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES 14 D AND 14 C WERE NOT GRANTED TO ITS ONLY STEEL UNDERTAKING .
24 FURTHERMORE , THE COMMISSION ' S REFERENCE TO THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT IN