OF COMMUNITY TRANSIT IN ANOTHER BENELUX COUNTRY .
Decision on costs
COSTS
19 THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , WHICH HAVE SUBMITTED OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT , ARE NOT RECOVERABLE . AS THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE , IN SO FAR AS THE PARTIES TO THE MAIN ACTION ARE CONCERNED , IN THE NATURE OF A STEP IN THE PROCEEDINGS PENDING BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT , THE DECISION ON COSTS IS A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
Operative part
ON THOSE GROUNDS ,
THE COURT ( FOURTH CHAMBER ),
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION SUBMITTED TO IT BY THE COLLEGE VAN BEROEP VOOR HET BEDRIJFSLEVEN BY ORDER OF 20 MAY 1983 , HEREBY RULES :
ARTICLE 59 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 542/69 OF THE COUNCIL OF 18 MARCH 1969 ON COMMUNITY TRANSIT MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT THE NETHERLANDS MAY APPLY TO A COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENT A BENELUX AGREEMENT WHICH PROVIDES , IN DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 36 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION , THAT ACTION TO RECOVER CHARGES MUST BE TAKEN BY THE BENELUX COUNTRY IN WHICH THE DOCUMENT WAS ISSUED , EVEN IF IT IS FOUND THAT AN IRREGULARITY WAS COMMITTED IN THE COURSE OF COMMUNITY TRANSIT IN ANOTHER BENELUX COUNTRY .