PASSED . THE QUESTION THEREFORE ARISES WHETHER , IN SUCH CASES , THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) ( D ) MUST START TO RUN , NOT FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE BUTTER IS ACTUALLY REMOVED , BUT FROM THE FINAL DATE OR THE LATEST DATE BY WHICH THE BUTTER HAD TO BE REMOVED .
22 THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION MUST BE IN THE NEGATIVE . THE AIM OF ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) ( D ) IS TO GIVE THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER A SHORT BUT ADEQUATE PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH TO PROCESS THE BUTTER . THAT SIX-MONTH PERIOD , DURING WHICH CHECKS ARE CARRIED OUT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUTTER IS USED FOR ITS PRESCRIBED PURPOSE , MUST CONSEQUENTLY START TO RUN IN ALL CASES FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE BUTTER IS ACTUALLY REMOVED FROM STORE .
23 AS REGARDS THE PROOF OF THAT DATE , THE PRINCIPAL EVIDENCE TO BE RELIED UPON IN CASES SUCH AS THIS IS , ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 18 ( 2 ) ( D ) OF REGULATION NO 232/75 , THE T5 DOCUMENT . HOWEVER , IF THE DATE IS NOT GIVEN IN THAT DOCUMENT OR IF IT IS NOT CLEAR , THE NATIONAL COURT MAY LOOK AT OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTAINED IN THE CASE-FILE .
24 CONSEQUENTLY , THE ANSWER TO BE GIVEN TO THE FIRST QUESTION MUST BE THAT THE DATE ON WHICH THE BUTTER IS TAKEN OVER , FROM WHICH THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 6 OF REGULATION NO 232/75 STARTS TO RUN , IS THE DATE ON WHICH THE PURCHASED BUTTER IS ACTUALLY REMOVED . FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 18 ( 2 ) ( D ) OF REGULATION NO 232/75 , THAT DATE IS THE DATE INDICATED IN THE T5 DOCUMENT OR , FAILING ANY SUCH INDICATION OR IN THE EVENT OF DOUBT , THAT WHICH APPEARS IN OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTAINED INTHE FILE ON EACH CASE .
THE SECOND QUESTION
25 IN ITS OBSERVATIONS CORMAN POINTS OUT THAT , ACCORDING TO THE CASE-LAW OF THE COURT , FORCE MAJEURE IN COMMUNITY LAW RELATING TO AGRICULTURE IS NOT CONFINED TO ABSOLUTE IMPOSSIBILITY BUT IS ALSO UNDERSTOOD AS MEANING ABNORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE TRADER ' S CONTROL WHICH OCCURRED DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE TOOK ALL THE PRECAUTIONS WHICH A PRUDENT TRADER MAY BE EXPECTED TO TAKE . IN THE PRESENT CASE CORMAN DREW ATTENTION IN ITS CONTRACTS TO THE OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH REGULATION NO 232/75 , TOOK THE PRECAUTION OF INDICATING AN EARLIER DATE , 23 FEBRUARY 1976 , IN ITS INVOICES AS THE LATEST DATE BY WHICH THE BUTTER HAD TO BE PROCESSED AND ALSO KEPT TRACK OF THE GOODS DAY BY DAY BY TELEPHONING ITS BRITISH BUYER , ERNEST GEORGE LTD . IN CORMAN ' S VIEW , A TRADER MAY ALSO LEGITIMATELY RELY ON THE ADVICE OF THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES SINCE THE ENTIRE SCHEME DEPENDS ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION . THEREFORE , RELIANCE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF