OF ROTHMANS INTERNATIONAL AND PHILIP MORRIS SO AS TO ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF THE STATUS QUO FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS, DURING WHICH THE COMMISSION MAY DETERMINE WHAT FURTHER MEASURES, IF ANY, ARE APPROPRIATE .
10 REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE REPORT FOR THE HEARING FOR A MORE COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE FACTS, THE PROCEDURE AND THE SUBMISSIONS AND ARGUMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANTS, THE COMMISSION AND THE INTERVENERS, WHICH ARE MENTIONED OR DISCUSSED HEREINAFTER ONLY IN SO FAR AS IS NECESSARY FOR THE REASONING OF THE COURT .
I - ADMISSIBILITY
11 ONE OF THE INTERVENERS, REMBRANDT, SUBMITS THAT THE ACTIONS ARE INADMISSIBLE ON THE GROUND THAT THE COMMISSION' S LETTERS OF 22 MARCH 1984 DID NOT CONSTITUTE DECISIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 173 OF THE TREATY AND THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE NOT DIRECTLY AND INDIVIDUALLY CONCERNED WITHIN THE MEANING OF THAT ARTICLE . THE COMMISSION, FOR ITS PART, ARGUES THAT IN SO FAR AS THE APPLICANTS CLAIM THAT THE COURT SHOULD ORDER THE COMMISSION TO TAKE A SPECIFIC DECISION THE ACTIONS SHOULD BE DISMISSED AS INADMISSIBLE .
12 WITH REGARD TO THE CLAIMS FOR ANNULMENT, IT MUST BE POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMMISSION, ON THE APPLICATION OF THE APPLICANTS, DREW UP AND ADDRESSED ITS LETTERS TO THEM OF 22 MARCH 1984 IN THE FORM OF A "DECISION ". FURTHERMORE, THOSE LETTERS HAVE THE CONTENT AND EFFECT OF A DECISION, INASMUCH AS THEY CLOSE THE INVESTIGATION, CONTAIN AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AGREEMENTS IN QUESTION AND PREVENT THE APPLICANTS FROM REQUIRING THE REOPENING OF THE INVESTIGATION UNLESS THEY PUT FORWARD NEW EVIDENCE . IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO DECIDE WHETHER AN INTERVENER IS ENTITLED TO RAISE AN OBJECTION OF INADMISSIBILITY; THOSE OBSERVATIONS ARE SUFFICIENT FOR THE COMMISSION' S LETTERS OF 22 MARCH 1984 TO BE REGARDED AS DECISIONS ADDRESSED TO THE APPLICANTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 173 OF THE TREATY, AND THE OBJECTIONS RAISED IN THAT REGARD MAY THEREFORE BE DISMISSED .
13 THE ACTIONS ARE INADMISSIBLE, HOWEVER, IN SO FAR AS THEY REQUEST THE COURT TO ORDER THE COMMISSION TO ADOPT A MEASURE REPLACING THE CONTESTED MEASURE, SINCE THE COURT HAS NO POWER TO MAKE SUCH AN ORDER IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER ARTICLE 173 FOR THE REVIEW OF THE LEGALITY OF A DECISION .
II - SUBSTANCE
14 THE SUBMISSIONS OF THE APPLICANTS CONCERN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE, THE COMMISSION' S ASSESSMENT OF THE AGREEMENTS AND THE STATEMENT OF THE REASONS FOR ITS DECISIONS .
A - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
15 THE APPLICANTS ARGUE IN PARTICULAR THAT IN THEIR CAPACITY AS PERSONS HAVING SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 3*(2 ) OF REGULATION NO 17/62 THEY WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMISSION' S INVESTIGATION OF THE AGREEMENTS IN QUESTION .
16 IT APPEARS FROM THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COURT THAT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PASSAGES WHICH PHILIP MORRIS AND REMBRANDT CONSIDERED TO CONTAIN BUSINESS SECRETS, THE COMMISSION PROVIDED THE APPLICANTS WITH COPIES OF ITS STATEMENT OF OBJECTIONS OF 19 MAY 1982 IN WHICH