USED . ACCORDINGLY , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DETERMINE WHAT EFFECT THE USE OF OTHER METHODS OF DENATURING HAS ON THE RIGHT TO THE PREMIUM .
13 REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 OF THE COUNCIL OF 21 APRIL 1970 ON THE FINANCING OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY LAYS DOWN IN ARTICLE 8 THE PRINCIPLES ACCORDING TO WHICH THE COMMUNITY AND THE MEMBER STATES MUST ORGANIZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY DECISIONS ON AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTION FINANCED BY THE FUND AND COMBAT FRAUD AND IRREGULARITIES IN RELATION TO THOSE OPERATIONS . WITH THAT END IN VIEW , ARTICLE 8 ( 1 ) PROVIDED THAT : ' ' THE MEMBER STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL PROVISIONS LAID DOWN BY LAW , REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION SHALL TAKE THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT TRANSACTIONS FINANCED BY THE FUND ARE ACTUALLY CARRIED OUT AND ARE EXECUTED CORRECTLY , PREVENT AND DEAL WITH IRREGULARITIES ( AND ) RECOVER SUMS LOST AS A RESULT OF IRREGULARITIES OR NEGLIGENCE ' ' .
14 IT IS APPARENT FROM THE COMBINED PROVISIONS OF REGULATION NO 729/70 AND ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION NO 172/67 THAT THE MEMBER STATES ARE AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH , UNDER NATIONAL LAW , METHODS OF DENATURING OTHER THAN THE STANDARD METHOD OF DENATURING BY COLOURING ON CONDITION THAT , AS STIPULATED BY THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 172/67 AND OF THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION NO 1403/69 , THE MEANS ADOPTED TO CARRY OUT DENATURING BY A METHOD OTHER THAN COLOURING ARE AT LEAST AS RELIABLE AS THE STANDARD METHOD .
15 FOR THE REASONS SET OUT ABOVE , WHICH REQUIRE STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARD METHOD OF DENATURING BY COLOURING WHERE THAT METHOD IS SELECTED , THE RULES GOVERNING THE OTHER METHODS OF DENATURING WHICH MAY , IF THEY FULFIL THE AFORESAID CONDITIONS , BE PRESCRIBED BY NATIONAL LAW , MUST ALSO , WHERE THOSE METHODS ARE USED , BE COMPLIED WITH IN FULL IF THE DENATURING OPERATION IS TO CONFER ENTITLEMENT TO THE PREMIUM .
SECOND QUESTION
16 ARTICLE 7 OF REGULATION NO 172/67 PROVIDES THAT : ' ' TO QUALIFY FOR THE PREMIUM , DENATURING SHOULD BE EFFECTED IN AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERVENTION AGENCY AND UNDER ITS SUPERVISION ' ' . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE APPLICATION OF THAT PROVISION , REGULATION NO 1403/69 PROVIDES IN ARTICLE 4 ( 3 ) THAT : ' ' THE GRANTING OF A DENATURING PREMIUM SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUPERVISION BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCY OF THE PROCESS OF DENATURING OF COMMON WHEAT , OR OF ITS ADMIXTURE , UNALTERED , WITH COMPOUND FEEDINGSTUFFS . . . ' ' FINALLY , ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION NO 1403/69 SPECIFIES THAT : ' ' THE DENATURING PREMIUM SHALL BE PAID ONLY IF THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 4 ( 3 ) ARE FULFILLED . ' '
17 IN ITS SECOND QUESTION , THE VERWALTUNGSGERICHT ASKS THE COURT WHETHER THOSE PROVISIONS CONTEMPLATE THE POSSIBILITY OF WITHDRAWING THE DENATURING PREMIUM IN