FOR CONSIDERATION .
Decision on costs
COSTS
13 THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , WHICH HAVE SUBMITTED OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT , ARE NOT RECOVERABLE . SINCE THE 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
HEREBY RULES :
THE CONCEPT IN ARTICLE 30 OF THE EEC TREATY OF MEASURES HAVING AN EFFECT EQUIVALENT TO QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS MEANING THAT THE PROHIBITION LAID DOWN BY THAT PROVISION DOES NOT COVER A NATIONAL MEASURE APPLICABLE WITHOUT DISTINCTION TO DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED PRODUCTS WHICH PROHIBITS THE CONSUMPTION , SALE OR OFFERING EVEN WITHOUT CHARGE OF SPIRITUOUS BEVERAGES OF A CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES IN ALL PLACES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE STOCKING OF SUCH DRINKS ON PREMISES TO WHICH CONSUMERS ARE ADMITTED OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OR IN THE DWELLING APPURTENANT THERETO , IN SO FAR AS THE LATTER PROHIBITION IS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE PROHIBITION OF CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES .