ARE, IN SO FAR AS THE PARTIES TO THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS ARE CONCERNED, IN THE NATURE OF A STEP IN THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT, COSTS ARE A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
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ON THOSE GROUNDS,
THE COURT
IN REPLY TO THE QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO IT BY THE CIRCUIT COURT OF IRELAND, NORTHERN CIRCUIT, COUNTY OF CAVAN, BY ORDER OF 10 JUNE 1986, HEREBY RULES :
ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 11 MAY 1960, AS AMENDED, MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT IT DOES NOT COVER TRANSACTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SECURITIES OF THE TYPE AT ISSUE IN THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS, WHICH, IN THE LIGHT OF THAT DIRECTIVE, CONSTITUTE PURCHASES BY RESIDENTS OF DOMESTIC SECURITIES ON A FOREIGN MARKET .