16The French Government, the Commission, Peugeot and Citroen have cast doubt on the relevance of the questions to a settlement of the dispute in the main proceedings, having regard to the judgments given on 15 February 1996 in Case C-226/94 Grand Garage Albigeois and Others v Garage Massol [1996] ECR I-651, and Case C-309/94 Nissan France and Others v Dupasquier and Others [1996] ECR I-677, from which it is clear that, whilst Regulation No 123/85 concerns the contractual relations between suppliers and their approved distributors, it does not serve to regulate the activities of third parties who may operate in the market outside the framework of distribution agreements.
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