NEGATIVE THE SECOND QUESTION DOES NOT ARISE .
Decision on costs
7 THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, WHICH HAVE SUBMITTED OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT, ARE NOT RECOVERABLE, AND AS THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE, INSOFAR AS THE PARTIES TO THE MAIN ACTION ARE CONCERNED, A STEP IN THE ACTION PENDING BEFORE A NATIONAL COURT, THE DECISION ON COSTS IS A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
Operative part
THE COURT
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS REFERRED TO IT BY THE HAMBURG FINANZGERICHT BY ORDER OF THAT COURT DATED 16 MARCH 1973, HEREBY RULES :
ARTICLES 4 AND 6 OF EEC REGULATION NO 22 OF THE COUNCIL OF 20 APRIL 1962 MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT THE LEVY AND THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT PAYABLE ON IMPORT OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY AND POULTRYMEAT FROM THIRD COUNTRIES MUST NOT BE REDUCED BY A CHARGE SUCH AS THE TURNOVER EQUALIZATION TAX ON IMPORT .