The EU Court of Justice upholds the Commission’s interim measures requiring a supplier of motor vehicles to refrain from complying with a circular which gives various instructions to the dealers in its distribution system until a decision is given on the substance ( Peugeot)

Case T-23/90 Automobiles Peugeot SA and Peugeot SA v Commission of the European Communities* 1. It is for the Commission, in the exercise of the supervisory powers conferred on it by the Treaty and by Regulation No 17, to decide pursuant to Article 3(1) of that regulation whether it is appropriate to take interim measures when asked to do so. However, such measures must be provisional and be restricted to what is necessary in the circumstances of the case and must come within the framework of the final decision which may be adopted. The Commission remains within that framework by requiring a supplier of motor vehicles to refrain, within certain limits, from complying with a