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1 . EEC - INSTITUTIONS - COMMISSION - IMPLEMENTING POWERS CONFERRED BY THE COUNCIL - WIDE INTERPRETATION

( EEC TREATY, ARTICLE 155 )

2 . AGRICULTURE - COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKETS - SUGAR - COMMON PRICES - ALTERATION - DISTURBANCES ON THE MARKET - MEASURES TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION - MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PROCEDURE - BASIC RULES - EXCLUSIVE POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

( REGULATION NO 1009/67 OF THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 37 ( 2 ))

3 . AGRICULTURE - COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKETS - SUGAR - COMMON PRICES - DISTURBANCES ON THE ITALIAN MARKET - SUGAR STOCKS - HOLDERS - IMPOSITION - BASIC CONDITIONS - OMISSION

( REGULATION NO 834/74 OF THE COMMISSION, ARTICLE 6 )

4 . PRELIMINARY RULINGS - COMMUNITY MEASURES - DECLARATION OF INVALIDITY BY THE COURT - CONSEQUENCES - NATIONAL IMPLEMENTING MEASURE - NATIONAL AUTHORITIES - POWER

( EEC TREATY, ARTICLE 177 )

Summary

1 . THE POWERS CONFERRED BY THE COUNCIL ON THE COMMISSION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RULES OF THE TREATY MUST BE GIVEN A WIDE INTERPRETATION AS APPEARS FROM THE GENERAL CONTEXT OF THE TREATY AND PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS .

WHEN THE COUNCIL HAS CONFERRED ON THE COMMISSION, USING THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PROCEDURE, A VERY WIDE POWER OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL POLICY, THE LIMITS OF THIS POWER MUST BE JUDGED WITH REGARD TO THE BASIC GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET AND LESS IN TERMS OF THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE ENABLING WORDS .

2 . ARTICLE 37 ( 2 ) CANNOT BE INTERPRETED AS ENABLING THE COMMISSION TO IMPOSE UPON A MEMBER STATE THE OBLIGATION TO DRAW UP, UNDER THE GUISE OF IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES, ESSENTIAL BASIC RULES WHICH WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY CONTROL BY THE COUNCIL .

IT MUST DETERMINE THEM ITSELF IN A PRECISE MANNER WHEN IT DECIDES, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN HOLDERS OF SUGAR OF A MEMBER STATE TO PAY A TAX ON THEIR STOCKS .

3 . ARTICLE 6 IS NOT VALID, FOR, IN NOT SPECIFYING THE BASES OF THE CALCULATION OF THE TAX ON SUGAR STOCKS HELD AND THE CLASSES OF TRADERS SUBJECT THERETO, THE COMMISSION HAS OMITTED BASIC RULES .

4 . IT IS FIRST OF ALL FOR THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES TO DRAW THE CONSEQUENCES IN THEIR LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE DECLARATION OF SUCH INVALIDITY MADE UNDER ARTICLE 177 OF THE EEC TREATY AS REGARDS THE NATIONAL MEASURE IMPLEMENTING THE COMMUNITY MEASURE IN QUESTION .