So, the Appellate Body has to conclude that the record is inadequate, whereupon it may decline to rule, either on the whole case, or on some, often important, parts of it.

• 因此，上诉机构必须得出在案信息不充分的决定，只有如此，它才可拒绝就整个案件或是某些部分（大都是重要部分）做出裁决。