THE OBJECTIVES OF THOSE RULES .
21 THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST AND THIRD QUESTIONS SHOULD THEREFORE BE THAT THE TERM ' ' SPECIALIZED VEHICLE ' ' FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS , WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 543/69 , IS INTENDED TO COVER EXCLUSIVELY VEHICLES WHOSE CONSTRUCTION , FITMENTS OR OTHER PERMANENT CHARACTERISTICS GUARANTEE THAT THEY ARE USED PRIMARILY FOR ONE OF THOSE OPERATIONS , SUCH AS DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING .
THE SECOND QUESTION
22 THE PURPOSE OF THE SECOND QUESTION PUT TO THE COURT BY THE HOUSE OF LORDS IS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE ACTIVITY OF DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING IS MEANT TO APPLY ONLY TO A METHODICAL CALLING AT ONE HOUSE AFTER ANOTHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING TO THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER OR WHETHER IT ALSO INCLUDES A SELLING ACTIVITY CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT STOPS , WHETHER AT THE HOMES OF INDIVIDUALS OR AT THE PREMISES OF WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS SUCH AS CANTEENS , OLD-PEOPLE ' S HOMES OR SUPERMARKETS .
23 THE DEFENDANTS IN THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM , IN THE OBSERVATIONS WHICH THEY HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE COURT , EXPRESS THE VIEW THAT THE TERM ' ' DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING ' ' SHOULD BE GIVEN A WIDE INTERPRETATION . THEY CONTEND , IN EFFECT , THAT THE EXEMPTION IN QUESTION CAN , WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION NO 543/69 , COVER DRIVERS WHO DRIVE FOR ONLY QUITE SHORT PERIODS WHERE THE TIME SPENT DRIVING IS SECONDARY TO THEIR SELLING ACTIVITY .
24 THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMISSION PROPOSE THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE EFFICACY OF CHECKS , ONLY ITINERANT RETAIL SALES TO INDIVIDUALS AT THEIR HOMES SHOULD BE EXEMPTED AND ADD THAT THE WORDING OF THE CONTESTED PROVISION IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR AND PRECISE TO JUSTIFY A WIDER INTERPRETATION .
25 WHILST IT IS TRUE THAT SUCH A CONCLUSION SEEMS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE WORDING OF SOME LANGUAGE VERSIONS OF ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 543/69 , OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS POINT MORE TO A WIDER INTERPRETATION .
26 IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO GIVE THE CONCEPT OF DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING A STRICT INTERPRETATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE CHECKING OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY RULES . IT FOLLOWS FROM THE FOREGOING CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE BASIC GUARANTEE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION NO 543/69 IS THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE HAS PERMANENT CHARACTERISTICS ENSURING THAT IT WILL NOT BE USED OTHER THAN FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING . IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER SUCH DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING IS TO INDIVIDUALS , TO WHOLESALERS OR TO OTHER CUSTOMERS PROVIDED THAT THE ACTIVITY OF SELLING IS CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT STOPS .
27 THE ANSWER TO THE SECOND QUESTION SHOULD THEREFORE BE THAT THE ACTIVITY OF ' ' DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING ' ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 543/69 MAY CONSIST OF CALLS ON POTENTIAL WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS , SUCH AS