WORSHIP , FOR THE LENDING OF BOOKS , RECORDS OR CASSETTES , FOR CULTURAL EVENTS OR MOBILE EXHIBITIONS ;
( B)TRANSPORT OF MILK FROM THE FARM TO THE DAIRY AND VICE VERSA .
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6 REGULATION NO 1463/70 WAS AMENDED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2828/77 OF 12 DECEMBER 1977 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1977 L 334 , P . 5 ), WHICH INTER ALIA ADDED TO ARTICLE 3 OF THE FORMER REGULATION A THIRD PARAGRAPH ACCORDING TO WHICH ' ' MEMBER STATES MAY , AFTER AUTHORIZATION FROM THE COMMISSION , EXEMPT FROM THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION VEHICLES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 543/69 ' ' .
7 THE UNITED KINGDOM AVAILED ITSELF OF THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING FOR SUCH DEROGATION WHEN IT INTRODUCED THE COMMUNITY ROAD TRANSPORT RULES ( EXEMPTIONS ) REGULATIONS 1978 , OF WHICH REGULATION NO 4 PROVIDES INTER ALIA THAT REGULATIONS NOS 543/69 AND 1463/70 ARE NOT TO APPLY TO NATIONAL TRANSPORT OPERATIONS INVOLVING ' ' THE USE OF SPECIALIZED VEHICLES . . . FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING ' ' .
8 THE DEFENDANTS CONTENDED BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT THAT THE EQUIPMENT OF THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION WAS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF BAKERY PRODUCTS AND THAT WHILST THE DRIVER DID NOT CALL ON CUSTOMERS METHODICALLY AT THEIR HOMES , HE DID CALL , FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING HIS PRODUCTS , WITHIN A RELATIVELY SMALL LOCALITY ON A NUMBER OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CUSTOMERS SUCH AS SUPERMARKETS , WORKS CANTEENS , PRIVATE HOUSES AND AN OLD-PEOPLE ' S HOME . HAVING REGARD TO ITS SPECIAL FITTINGS AND THE USE TO WHICH IT WAS PUT IN THIS CASE , THE VEHICLE CAME WITHIN THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED FOR BY THE AFOREMENTIONED NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY RULES .
9 THAT IS THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE HOUSE OF LORDS REFERRED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO THE COURT FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING :
' ' ( 1 ) WHETHER , UPON THE TRUE INTERPRETATION OF THE EXEMPTION IN ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 543/69 OF THE COUNCIL , THE WORD ' SPECIALIZED ' IS MEANT TO APPLY TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARTICULAR VEHICLE ALONE , OR TO THE ACITIVITY OF DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING ALONE , OR TO A COMBINATION OF BOTH : AND IF THE LATTER INTERPRETATION IS CORRECT , WHAT DEGREE OF INTERRELATION IS MEANT ;
( 2)WHETHER UPON THE TRUE INTERPRETATION OF THE SAME EXEMPTION PROVISIONS , THE ACTIVITY OF DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING IS MEANT TO APPLY ONLY TO A METHODICAL CALLING AT ONE HOUSE AFTER ANOTHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING TO THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER ; OR WHETHER IT APPLIES TO A NUMBER OF CALLS TO POTENTIAL WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS , SUCH AS SHOPS , CANTEENS , OLD-PEOPLE ' S HOMES , OR SUPERMARKETS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING , AND WHERE THE DRIVER SPENDS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME SELLING OR WHETHER IT