Judgment_paragraph 88 · Industrie des poudres sphériques v Council of the European Union, Commission of the European Communities, Péchiney électrométallurgie and Chambre syndicale de l'électrométallurgie et de l'électrochimie (C-458/98 P)

88In that regard, it should be noted in first place that the period provided for in Article 7(1)(c) is a guide rather than mandatory (see, mutatis mutandis, Case 246/87 Continentale Produkten-Gesellscbaft Erhardt-Renken v Hauptzollamt München-West [1989] ECR 1151, paragraph 8).