THE CONDITION OBJECTED TO APPLIES IS DEFINED, ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, SINCE THE UNDERTAKINGS ARE ACCURATELY KNOWN OR IDENTIFIABLE FROM BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THE CONTESTED PROVISION WAS ADOPTED .
11 WHERE A MEASURE HAS THE CHARACTER OF A REGULATION THAT CHARACTER IS NOT CALLED IN ISSUE BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER AND EVEN THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSONS TO WHOM IT APPLIES AT A GIVEN MOMENT MAY BE DETERMINED MORE OR LESS PRECISELY, PROVIDED THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS APPLICATION DEPENDS ON AN OBJECTIVE LEGAL OR FACTUAL SITUATION DEFINED BY THE MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO ITS PURPOSE .
12 THE FACT THAT A TRANSITIONAL PROVISION IS APPLICABLE ONLY TO CERTAIN SITUATIONS ARISING BEFORE A DATE FIXED BY IT AND, THEREFORE, OFTEN ESTABLISHED BEFORE IT COMES INTO FORCE, DOES NOT PREVENT THAT PROVISION FROM BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FORMER AND NEW PROVISIONS WHICH IT IS DESIGNED TO RECONCILE AND, CONSEQUENTLY, FROM PARTAKING OF THEIR GENERAL NATURE .
13 THERE IS ALSO NO DOUBT THAT ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION NO 1660/69, PROVIDING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 1 AND 2 SHALL TAKE EFFECT FROM 11 AUGUST 1969, HAS THE NATURE OF A REGULATION .
14 THE PROVISION IN QUESTION FIXES THE DATE FROM WHICH THE NEW PROVISIONS SHALL TAKE EFFECT .
15 IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY MISUSE OF POWERS, SUCH A PROVISION PARTAKES OF THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE MEASURES WHICH IT BRINGS INTO EFFECT .
16 IN ANY EVENT THE CHOICE OF 11 AUGUST AS THE DATE WAS NECESSARY FROM AN OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW, SINCE THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE INTERVENTION MECHANISMS OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY TO THE DEVALUATION OF THE FRENCH FRANC HAD TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE, THAT IS, FROM THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATION NO 1586/69 .
17 THERE IS THEREFORE NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO INDICATE THAT ARTICLE 6 WAS MERELY IN THE FORM OF A REGULATION AND CONCERNS THE APPLICANT INDIVIDUALLY .
18 THE RESULT OF THE FOREGOING IS THAT THE APPLICATION MUST BE DISMISSED AS INADMISSIBLE .
Decision on costs
19 ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 69 ( 2 ) OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE THE UNSUCCESSFUL PARTY SHALL PAY THE COSTS .
20 IN THE PRESENT INSTANCE THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED IN ITS APPLICATION .
21 IT MUST THEREFORE BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COSTS .
Operative part
THE COURT
HEREBY :
1 . DISMISSES THE APPLICATION AS INADMISSIBLE;
2 . ORDERS THE APPLICANT TO BEAR THE COSTS .