THE BASIC QUOTAS FROM JEOPARDIZING THOSE INTERESTS .
31 THE AUTHORITIES WHICH HAVE POWER TO ALTER THE BASIC QUOTAS MUST , IN ORDER TO OBSERVE THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY LAW WHICH ARE BINDING ON ALL AUTHORITIES ENTRUSTED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY PROVISIONS , RENCONCILE PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF BEET AND CANE PRODUCERS WITH OTHER LAWFUL INTERESTS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED . IN FACT ARTICLE 39 OF THE TREATY , WHICH FIXES THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY , EXPRESSES THE DESIRE NOT ONLY TO ENSURE A FAIR STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY BUT ALSO TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY , STABILIZE MARKETS , ASSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF SUPPLIES AND ENSURE THAT SUPPLIES REACH CONSUMERS AT REASONABLE PRICES .
32 THE REPLY TO THE SIXTH QUESTION MUST ACCORDINGLY BE THAT THE POWER CONFERRED BY ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 3331/74 TO ALTER THE BASIC QUOTAS IS LIMITED NOT ONLY BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF RESTRUCTURING PLANS BUT ALSO BY THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SUGAR , IN PARTICULAR BY THE AIM OF PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF BEET AND CANE PRODUCERS , AND BY THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY LAW .
QUESTION 7 ( DIRECT APPLICABILITY )
33 THE SEVENTH QUESTION RAISES THE PROBLEM OF WHETHER THE DIRECT APPLICABILITY OF REGULATION NO 3331/74 WITHIN THE ITALIAN LEGAL ORDER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 189 OF THE TREATY IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROVISIONS ENACTED BY THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES INTENDED TO GOVERN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT REGULATION .
34 THE FACT THAT A REGULATION IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE DOES NOT PREVENT THE PROVISIONS OF THAT REGULATION FROM EMPOWERING A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION OR A MEMBER STATE TO TAKE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES . IN THE LATTER CASE THE DETAILED RULES FOR THE EXERCISE OF THAT POWER ARE GOVERNED BY THE PUBLIC LAW OF THE MEMBER STATE IN QUESTION ; HOWEVER , THE DIRECT APPLICABILITY OF THE MEASURE EMPOWERING THE MEMBER STATE TO TAKE THE NATIONAL MEASURES IN QUESTION WILL MEAN THAT THE NATIONAL COURTS MAY ASCERTAIN WHETHER SUCH NATIONAL MEASURES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTENT OF THE COMMUNITY REGULATION .
35 THE REPLY TO THE SEVENTH QUESTION MUST ACCORDINGLY BE THAT THERE IS NO INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE DIRECT APPLICABILITY OF A COMMUNITY REGULATION AND THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER CONFERRED ON A MEMBER STATE TO TAKE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES ON THE BASIS OF THAT REGULATION .
Decision on costs
COSTS
36 THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION AND BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC , 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 ACTION PENDING BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT , THE DECISION ON COSTS IS A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
Operative part
ON THOSE GROUNDS ,
THE COURT ,
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS REFERRED TO IT BY THE THIRD CHAMBER OF THE