3 In court, Mr Geffroy, who is the defendant in the criminal proceedings, pleaded in his defence, as to the lack of labelling in French: that the Coca-Cola drinks had been bought in Great Britain; that this was a well-known product; that the consumer could not consider himself inconvenienced by labelling in English which could be easily understood by anybody; that there was a sign giving a translation of those labels, but that a customer had probably made it fall to the bottom of the display unit; and that the suppliers of Merrydown ciders and Red Raw beers had made a mistake by not providing stickers in French for attachment to those drinks, as they had been requested to do.
Lisäksi tutkittiin, voitiinko kunkin PET-lajin kotimarkkinamyyntiä pitää tavanomaisessa kaupankäynnissä tapahtuneena, määrittämällä, kuinka suuri osuus kyseisen lajin riippumattomille asiakkaille tapahtuneesta myynnistä oli ollut kannattavaa väliaikaista tullia koskevan asetuksen johdanto-osan # ja # kappaleen mukaisestiEurLex-2 EurLex-2