Judgment_paragraph 88 · R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. and Others v Commission of the European Communities (C-131/03 P)

88In any event, the appellants submit that the Court of First Instance misapplied the case-law stemming from, inter alia, Case C-366/88 France v Commission and Case C-325/91 France v Commission [1993] ECR I-3283 and failed to comply with an essential procedural requirement by not joining the issue of admissibility to the substance of the case.