ANNOUNCE ITS DECISION BY REGISTERED LETTER , SPECIFYING THE REASONS FOR THE REFUSAL . THE EXHIBITOR MAY APPEAL AGAINST THE DECISION WITHIN 14 DAYS , EITHER BY TAKING HIS APPEAL TO A BOARD OF ARBITRATION , CONSISTING OF AN ASSESSOR APPOINTED BY THE EXHIBITOR , AN ASSESSOR APPOINTED BY CECIMO AND AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR , OR BEFORE THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION AT THE PLACE WHERE THE EMO IS HELD ;
( G ) STANDS ARE ALLOCATED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ORGANIZING THE EXHIBITION ; THE SAME ASSOCIATION DETERMINES THE CHARGES AND OTHER CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE LETTING OF STANDS .
8 . UNTIL THE FIRST EMO WAS HELD IN PARIS IN JUNE 1975 , NO APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION WAS FORMALLY TURNED DOWN AND NO APPLICANTS WERE FORMALLY EXCLUDED ( ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ADDRESSED BY CECIMO TO CERTAIN EXHIBITORS WHO INFRINGED RULE I/7 ). AT THAT EXHIBITION AND AT THE HANOVER EXHIBITION IN SEPTEMBER 1977 , A NUMBER OF EXHIBITORS WERE EXCLUDED BY CECIMO FOR INFRINGEMENT OF THE RULES . AS A RESULT , AND TO PROVIDE FOR A MORE OBJECTIVE CHECK ON THE FAIR APPLICATION OF EMO RULES , CECIMO AGREED TO INTRODUCE THE ABOVE ARBITRATION SYSTEM ( SEE 7 ( F )), WHICH ALLOWS FIRMS EXCLUDED FROM THE EMO TO APPEAL TO A BODY INDEPENDENT OF CECIMO .
9 . ALONGSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED EVENTS AND SHOWS , THERE IS CURRENTLY A TREND TOWARDS A GREATER NUMBER OF NON-SPECIALIZED LOCAL AND REGIONAL FAIRS . THE COMMISSION ACCORDINGLY APPROACHED CECIMO WHICH AGREED TO AN ADDITIONAL CLAUSE REDUCING THE SCOPE OF THE RESTRICTIVE RULE I/7 IN THE CASE OF PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THESE EVENTS ( SEE SECOND AND THIRD PARAGRAPHS OF 7 ( C ) ( I ) ABOVE ).
10 . CECIMO ESTIMATES THAT ON AVERAGE THE COSTS FOR A MACHINE TOOL MANUFACTURER TO EXHIBIT HIS MACHINE TOOLS AT AN EMO ARE ONLY 5 TO 10 % HIGHER THAN THE COSTS OF PARTICIPATING WITH THE SAME MACHINES AT OTHER EXHIBITIONS OF NATIONAL OR REGIONAL CHARACTER .
THE MAJORITY OF MACHINE TOOL MANUFACTURERS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SMALLER OR MEDIUM-SIZED UNDERTAKINGS . THEY ARE , HOWEVER , STRONGLY EXPORT ORIENTATED AND ABOUT 40 % OF THE EEC PRODUCTION OF MACHINE TOOLS ARE SOLD OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY . ALMOST HALF OF THE VISITORS AT THE EMO IN 1977 CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE EEC .
IT IS GENERALLY ESTIMATED THAT A MACHINE TOOL MANUFACTURER WHO HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EXPORT WILL HAVE TO EXHIBIT HIS MACHINE TOOLS AT AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL FAIRS OR EXHIBITIONS DURING THE EMO-FREE YEARS IN ORDER TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE . THE AGGREGATE COSTS OF SUCH PARTICIPATION BY FAR EXCEED THE COSTS INCURRED BY PARTICIPATING AT THE EMO WHERE , FURTHERMORE , INTERESTED CUSTOMERS AND COMPETITORS FROM THE WHOLE WORLD ARE PRESENT .
11 . FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION ON 15 MARCH 1978 OF THE NOTICE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 19 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION NO 17 , CERTAIN COMMENTS WERE