Article 9

shall determine which (if any) of the suppliers, retailers and trade associations from whom notification has been received under rule 6 have such an interest as to entitle them to be represented before the Court in the proceedings;

may order that some or all of the suppliers, retailers or trade associations who are before the Court be represented by such representative respondent as the Court may direct;

may order that the application be amended by including therein or excluding therefrom any goods, or be divided into and treated as two or more separate applications each relating to such classes of goods as the Court may direct;

may give directions as to the delivery of a statement of case by the applicant and by any supplier, retailer or trade association; and

may give such consequential directions as it thinks fit.