Kommissionen fastslog, at Vimpoltu-beslutningen indebar en overtrædelse af artikel 85, stk. 1, af følgende årsager: den forbød medlemmerne at yde detailforhandlerne rabatter på over 25 °7o af bruttosalgsprisen, inklusive alle former for bonus, og den indeholdt bestemmelser om standardleverings- og betalingsbetingelser og om salgskampagner, ligesom det var fastsat, at der skulle udveksles oplysninger om bruttosalgspriserne.
The Vimpoltu decision was found to violate Article 85(1) by prohibitingmember from granting retailers a discount of more than 25%, including allbonuses, off the gross selling price, by imposing standard delivery and paymentterms and rules on sales promotion, and by requiring an exchange of informationon recommended resale prices.