167In the present case, however, the General Court did not in any way address the likelihood, or even plausibility, of the prohibition of ex post pricing if there were no MIF, in the context of its analysis of the restrictive effects of those fees. In particular, it did not, as required by the case-law set out in paragraphs 155 and 156 of the present judgment, address the issue as to how — taking into account in particular the obligations to which merchants and acquiring banks are subject under the Honour All Cards Rule, which is not the subject of the decision at issue — the issuing banks could be encouraged, in the absence of MIF, to refrain from demanding fees for the settlement of bank card transactions.
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