OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY .
22 THEY MAINTAIN FURTHER THAT THE REQUIREMENT THAT UNDERTAKINGS SHOULD POSSESS A RESTRUCTURING PLAN HAS A DISCRIMINATORY EFFECT , SINCE SUCH PLANS WERE DRAWN UP SOLELY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE AID ON THE BASIS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND AIDS CODES . AS IT WAS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE APPLICANTS TO REQUEST SUCH AID UNTIL 1983 , THEY HAD NO RESTRUCTURING PLAN AT THE TIME OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CONTESTED PROVISIONS AND WERE THEREFORE AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE BENEFIT THEREOF .
23 THE COMMISSION REPLIES THAT THE USE OF THE TERM ' RESTRUCTURING PLAN ' IN THE TWO CONTESTED PROVISIONS DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE UNDERTAKING IN QUESTION MUST HAVE DRAWN UP A RESTRUCTURING PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE AIDS CODES . A RESTRUCTURING PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CONTESTED PROVISIONS EXISTS WHENEVER AN UNDERTAKING IS IN A POSITION TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS SHOWING THAT THE NECESSARY REDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN EFFECTED . SUCH A CONCLUSION FOLLOWS CLEARLY FROM ARTICLE 14 B ( 2 ) OF DECISION NO 2177/83 AND ARTICLE 14 B ( 2 ) OF DECISION NO 234/84 , ACCORDING TO WHICH THE UNDERTAKING CONCERNED MUST ATTACH ' SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ' TO ITS APPLICATION FOR THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL QUOTAS .
24 IN REPLY TO A QUESTION PUT BY THE COURT REQUESTING AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A ' RESTRUCTURING PLAN ' IN THE CASE OF AN UNDERTAKING WHICH EFFECTED CAPACITY REDUCTIONS BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1980 AND WHICH HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY AID , THE COMMISSION STATED THAT SUCH AN UNDERTAKING MUST SUBMIT A PLAN SHOWING THAT THE UNDERTAKING IS PREPARED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GENERAL STEEL OBJECTIVES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1980 TO 1985 BY NET REDUCTIONS IN ITS PRODUCTION CAPACITY .
25 THE COURT CONSIDERS FIRST OF ALL THAT THE COMMISSION IS QUITE CORRECT , IN VIEW OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CRISIS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND OF THE MEASURES NEEDED TO OVERCOME IT , TO REGULATE THE PROCESS OF RESTRUCTURING BY A SERIES OF MEASURES OF WHICH THE QUOTA SYSTEM FORMS PART . IT IS NOT ARBITRARY TO REQUIRE , WITHIN THAT CONTEXT , THAT THE CAPACITY REDUCTIONS CONFERRING THE RIGHT TO THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL QUOTAS SHOULD FORM A COHERENT WHOLE AND BE IN CONFORMITY WITH A RE STRUCTURING PLAN DRAWN UP BY THE UNDERTAKING WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE GENERAL RESTRUCTURING OBJECTIVES LAID DOWN BY THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS .
26 IN ADDITION , IT FOLLOWS FROM THE WORDING OF THE PROVISIONS AT ISSUE THAT THE RESTRUCTURING PLAN REQUIRED FOR THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL QUOTAS NEED NOT NECESSARILY BE THE SAME AS THAT REFERRED TO IN THE AIDS CODES . THE PROVISIONS IN FACT MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CAPACITY REDUCTIONS MUST EITHER BE PROVIDED FOR IN THE UNDERTAKING ' S RESTRUCTURING PLAN OR BE REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSION IN ITS DECISIONS CONCERNING AID TO THE STEEL INDUSTRY .
27 CONSEQUENTLY , IT HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT THE REFERENCE TO A RESTRUCTURING