OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT, ARE NOT RECOVERABLE . AS THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE, IN SO FAR AS THE PARTIES TO THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS ARE CONCERNED, IN THE NATURE OF A STEP IN THE ACTION PENDING BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT, THE DECISION ON COSTS IS A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
Operative part
ON THOSE GROUNDS
THE COURT ( THIRD CHAMBER ),
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS REFERRED TO IT BY THE GREEK COUNCIL OF STATE BY A JUDGMENT OF 20 JUNE 1986, HEREBY RULES :
ARTICLES 6 AND 7 OF DECISION 84/64 SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT THE GREEK AUTHORITIES MAY, PROVIDED THAT THE WHOLE OF THE OVERALL QUOTA OF 1*100 TONNES IS ALLOCATED, SET THE SHARE OF A NEW IMPORTER AT A FIGURE LESS THAN 10% OF THE OVERALL QUOTA, THAT SHARE BEING IDENTICAL TO THE SMALLEST SHARES ALLOCATED TO EXISTING IMPORTERS, IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO ENSURE THAT EXISTING PATTERNS OF TRADE ARE OBSERVED .