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1 . IN PROVIDING THAT WHERE A PRODUCT IMPORTED INTO A MEMBER STATE WHICH ' ' HAS TO GRANT ' ' A COMPENSATORY AMOUNT UPON IMPORTATION THE EXPORTING MEMBER STATE MAY , ' ' BY AGREEMENT WITH THE MEMBER STATE ' ' , PAY THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNT WHICH ' ' SHOULD BE GRANTED ' ' BY THE LATTER , THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2A OF REGULATION NO 974/71 SHOW THAT THAT REGULATION DID NOT INTEND TO TRANSFER TO THE EXPORTING MEMBER STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ' ' GRANTING ' ' MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS ON IMPORTATION INTO ANOTHER MEMBER STATE BUT ONLY TO ALLOW THE EXPORTING MEMBER STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ' ' PAY ' ' , BY AGREEMENT WITH THE IMPORTING MEMBER STATE AND ON ITS BEHALF , THE MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNT ON IMPORTATION WHICH THE IMPORTING MEMBER STATE ITSELF IS REQUIRED TO GRANT .
2 . ARTICLE 2A OF REGULATION NO 974/71 OF THE COUNCIL AND ARTICLE 11 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 1380/75 OF THE COMMISSION MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNT ON IMPORT INTO ANOTHER MEMBER STATE THE EXPORTING MEMBER STATE IS BOUND BY THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION GIVEN TO THE GOODS IN QUESTION BY THE IMPORTING MEMBER STATE . IF THEREFORE THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION GIVEN BY THE IMPORTING MEMBER STATE INVOLVES NO MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNT OR INVOLVES A LOWER MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNT THAN THAT RESULTING FROM THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION GIVEN BY THE EXPORTING MEMBER STATE , THE EXPORTING MEMBER STATE IS OBLIGED TO PAY NO MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNT ON IMPORT OR MUST PAY A LOWER COMPENSATORY AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION GIVEN BY THE IMPORTING MEMBER STATE .
3 . SINCE THE APPLICATION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF IS A MATTER FOR THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES OF EACH MEMBER STATE THERE CAN BE NO GUARANTEE OF A UNIFORM TARIFF CLASSIFICATION FOR THE SAME PRODUCT SO LONG AS THE CLASSIFICATION HAS NOT BEEN DEFINED FOR THE WHOLE OF THE COMMUNITY BY MEANS OF THE PROCEDURES LAID DOWN FOR THAT PURPOSE BY COMMUNITY LAW . IN THE PRESENT STATE OF COMMUNITY LAW , APART FROM THE PROCEDURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 177 OF THE EEC TREATY WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO NATIONAL COURTS TO WHICH THE IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS CONCERNED MAY APPLY , THE ONLY PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR BY COMMUNITY LAW TO ENSURE UNIFORM TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS WHERE THE IMPORTING MEMBER STATE CLASSIFIES THE SAME PRODUCT DIFFERENTLY FROM THE EXPORTING MEMBER STATE IS THE POSSIBILITY WHICH THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED , HAVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION NO 97/69 , OF SUBMITTING THE PROBLEM OF TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION TO THE COMMITTEE ON COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF NOMENCLATURE ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE 1 OF THAT REGULATION .
4 . A PRODUCT INTENDED FOR ANIMAL FEED AND COMPOSED OF 90% MAIZE STARCH WHICH HAS BEEN TREATED OTHERWISE THAN BY CHEMICAL MEANS , 5% CALCIUM CHLORIDE AND 5% MAGNESIUM CHLOR- IDE COMES UNDER SUBHEADING 23.07 B I ( C ) 1 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .
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Handelsmaatschappij Pesch & Co. BV v Hoofdproduktschap voor Akkerbouwprodukten.
Subject of the case
ON THE INTERPRETATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 974/71 OF THE COUNCIL OF 12 MAY 1971 ON CERTAIN MEASURES OF CONJUNCTURAL POLICY TO BE TAKEN IN AGRICULTURE FOLLOWING THE TEMPORARY WIDENING OF THE MARGINS OF FLUCTUATION FOR THE CURRENCIES OF CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL , ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION 1971 ( I ), P . 257 ) AND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1380/75 OF THE COMMISSION OF 29 MAY 1975 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1975 , L 139 , P . 37 ), AND OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ,
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1 BY A JUDGMENT DATED 2 NOVEMBER 1979 , RECEIVED AT THE COURT ON 8 NOVEMBER 1979 , THE COLLEGE VAN BEROEP VOOR HET BEDRIJFSLEVEN REFERRED TO THE COURT UNDER ARTICLE 177 OF THE EEC TREATY CERTAIN QUESTIONS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE COMMUNITY RULES RELATING TO MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS AND OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .
2 THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ...
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