In fact, the Commission did not rely solely on that table, but developed an argument to show that the conditions of Article 85(3) of the Treaty, more particularly the condition of an improvement of distribution, were complied with even in the 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93 and 1993/94 trading years, during which the price differential was not completely compensated by the benefits given by Whitbread to its tied lessees, the shortfall being about GBP 3 to GBP 6 per barrel.
Kantajat eivät ole osittaneet, että komissio olisi tehnyt ilmeisen arviointivirheen, kun se on riidanalaisen päätöksen 168—184 perustelukappaleessa katsonut, että vakiomuotoiset vuokrasopimukset täyttävät perustamissopimuksen 85 artiklan 3 kohdan edellytykset 1.1.1990 alkaen eli myös kausina 1990/1991, 1991/1992, 1992/1993 ja 1993/1994.