MAY APPLY TO A COMBINATION OF BOTH AND IF THE LATTER INTERPRETATION IS CORRECT , WHAT DEGREE OF INTERRELATION IS MEANT ;
( 3)WHAT IS THE PROPER CONSTRUCTION TO BE PUT UPON THE WORD ' SPECIALIZED ' IN THE CONTEXT OF ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A ) OF THE REGULATION . ' '
THE FIRST AND THIRD QUESTIONS
10 SINCE BOTH THE FIRST AND THIRD QUESTIONS ARE CONCERNED WITH THE INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD ' ' SPECIALIZED ' ' IN ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 543/69 , THEY MAY BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER .
11 THE TWO QUESTIONS RAISE THE ISSUE WHETHER THE SPECIALIZATION REFERRED TO BY THAT EXEMPTION RELATES TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE , OR TO THE USE TO WHICH IT IS PUT OR TO A COMBINATION OF BOTH FACTORS .
12 THE DEFENDANTS IN THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS , RELYING IN PARTICULAR ON THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE PROVISION AT ISSUE , MAINTAIN THAT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR EXEMPTION A VEHICLE MUST BE SPECIALIZED WITH REGARD TO A GIVEN TYPE OF TRANSPORT OPERATION , FOR EXAMPLE THE TRANSPORTATION OF BAKERY PRODUCTS , AND THAT THERE IS NO NECESSITY FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF SPECIALIZATION TO BE LINKED TO THE USE TO WHICH THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS PUT . THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT A VEHICLE THAT IS SPECIALIZED IN SUCH A MANNER IS ACTUALLY USED FOR THE PURPOSE IN RESPECT OF WHICH EXEMPTION WAS GRANTED IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE QUESTION WHICH MUST BE CONSIDERED ON ITS OWN MERITS .
13 IN THAT CONNECTION THE UNITED KINGDOM , THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE COMMISSION CONTEND THAT THE SPECIALIZATION OF A VEHICLE MUST BE LINKED TO THE USE IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE EXEMPTION IN QUESTION IS GRANTED , THAT IS TO SAY IN THIS CASE TO DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING .
14 WITH REGARD TO THE DEGREE OF SPECIALIZATION , THE UNITED KINGDOM EXPRESSES THE OPINION THAT ANY VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED OR ADAPTED IN SOME WAY IN ORDER TO BE USED IN AN EXEMPT MANNER QUALIFIES FOR EXEMPTION PROVIDED THAT IT IS IN FACT USED IN THAT MANNER . THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE COMMISSION , FOR THEIR PART , POINT OUT THAT THE VEHICLE ' S FITMENTS MUST BE PERMANENT SO THAT THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE USED FOR A TRANSPORT OPERATION NOT FALLING WITHIN THE EXEMPTION . OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO VERIFY WHETHER TRANSPORT OPERATIONS ARE LIMITED TO THE TYPES ENVISAGED BY ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 543/69 . CONSEQUENTLY , THEY ARGUE THAT A VEHICLE WHICH , AS IN THIS CASE , IS MERELY MODIFIED , IN A MANNER THAT IS NOT PERMANENT , FOR THE CARRYING OF BAKERY PRODUCTS DOES NOT POSSESS THE NECESSARY CHARACTERISTICS TO BE REGARDED AS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING .
15 IT MUST BE POINTED OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT ARTICLE 14A ( 3 ) ( A