OF THE VALIDITY OF DENATURING CERTIFICATES, ISSUED SIMPLY ON APPLICATION BY THE PARTIES CONCERNED, IS SUCH THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE APPLICANTS TO HAVE THEM ISSUED AT THE TIME OF ENTERING INTO THEIR PURCHASING CONTRACTS AND SO TO OBTAIN THE GUARANTEE THAT, DURING THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE CERTIFICATE, THOSE CONTRACTS MAY BE CARRIED OUT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM FIXED IN THE CERTIFICATE .
UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND PRESUMING THAT THE PERSONS CONCERNED ACTED WITH DUE DILIGENCE AT THE TIME OF CONCLUDING THEIR CONTRACTS, THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE REGULATION WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT COULD NOT HAVE PROVED INJURIOUS TO LEGITIMATE INTERESTS .
IT IS APPROPRIATE TO NOTE, MOREOVER, THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET INTRODUCED BY REGULATION NO 1009/67 IS NOT TO CONFER ON THE UNDERTAKINGS CONCERNED A GUARANTEE OF BEING ABLE TO CARRY OUT DENATURING UNDER THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS FINANCIAL CONDITIONS BUT TO ENSURE THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF THE MARKET IN SUGAR ON THE BASIS OF THE PRICE POLICY DEFINED BY THE COUNCIL .
ON THE THIRD QUESTION
21 FINALLY IT IS ASKED WHETHER ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ), SECOND SENTENCE, OF REGULATION NO 833/68 OF THE COMMISSION IS VALID IN THAT IT PERMITS MEMBER STATES TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANT OF DENATURING PREMIUMS OVER AND ABOVE THAT SPECIFIED IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THAT PROVISION .
22 THE PLAINTIFF IN THE MAIN ACTION SUBMITS THAT, BY MAKING USE OF THAT AUTHORIZATION, THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES HAVE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THEIR OWN NATIONALS IN MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR CONTRACTS WHICH COULD GIVE RISE TO THE BENEFIT OF A DENATURING PREMIUM TO BE CONCLUDED .
23 AFTER SPECIFYING THE INFORMATION WHICH MUST BE CONTAINED IN EVERY APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT OF A DENATURING PREMIUM - THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT, THE NATURE AND QUANTITY OF THE SUGAR TO BE DENATURED AND THE MEMBER STATE WHERE DENATURING WILL TAKE PLACE - ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION NO 833/68 STATES THAT " MEMBER STATES MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ".
THE GERMAN ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE USE OF THIS OPTION BY REQUIRING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SUPPLIER OF THE SUGAR AND THE UNDERTAKING CHARGED WITH CARRYING OUT DENATURING .
24 THE PROVISION CRITICIZED DOES NOT PERMIT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES TO ADD NEW CONDITIONS TO THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE REGULATIONS IN QUESTION BUT MERELY AUTHORIZES MEMBER STATES TO ASK APPLICANTS FOR FULLER INFORMATION THAN THE EXTREMELY SUMMARY INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE REGULATION .
READ THUS, THIS PROVISION, WHICH IS INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR ADAPTATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES TO NATIONAL NEEDS AND THEREFORE TO FACILITATE SUPERVISION OF THE OPERATIONS, MUST NOT LEAD TO DIFFERENCES IN TREATMENT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE REGULATION IN QUESTION .
25 THE VALIDITY OF THIS ENABLING PROVISION CANNOT THEREFORE BE HELD IN DOUBT .
Decision on costs
26 THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, WHICH HAS SUBMITTED OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT, ARE NOT RECOVERABLE .
AS THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE, INSOFAR AS THE PARTIES TO