CATEGORIES OF TRADERS EACH HAVING INDIVIDUAL ACCESS TO THREE SEPARATE PORTIONS OF THE NATIONAL SHARE OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA .
6 FIRST OF ALL IT SHOULD BE RECALLED THAT IN 1962 THE COMMUNITY UNDERTOOK UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ( GATT ) TO OPEN EACH YEAR A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES CONSOLIDATED AT A DUTY OF 20% . THE QUOTAS IN QUESTION ARE OPENED EACH YEAR BY COUNCIL REGULATIONS WHICH DETERMINE THEIR APPORTIONMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND , USING ROUGHLY SIMILAR TERMS , LEAVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SHARES ALLOTTED TO THE AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES .
7 IN ITS JUDGMENT IN CASE 131/73 OF 12 DECEMBER 1973 ( GROSOLI ( 1973 ) ECR 1555 ) WHICH CONCERNED THE INTERPRETATION OF COUNCIL REGULATIONS ON THE OPENING OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS OF FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL FOR 1968 AND 1969 , THE COURT HAS ALREADY HAD OCCASION TO STATE THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SHARES WAS LEFT TO THE MEMBER STATES TO APPORTION THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS BUT THAT REFERENCE BY THE REGULATIONS TO SUCH PROVISIONS COULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS EXTENDING THE TECHNICAL AND PROCEDURAL RULES DESIGNED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS OF THE QUOTA AND THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE ENTITLED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT .
8 THAT INTERPRETATION , WHICH SETS OUT THE LIMITS OF THE POWER DELEGATED TO MEMBER STATES TO ADOPT ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES IS ALSO VALID FOR REGULATION NO 2861/77 WHICH OPENS THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR 1978 . IT IS TO BE NOTED IN THIS REGARD THAT COUNCIL REGULATION NO 3063/78 OF 18 DECEMBER 1978 OPENING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR 1979 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 366 , P . 6 ) ALSO LEAVES THE CHOICE OF THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE SHARES TO THE MEMBER STATES WHILST STATING IN THE RECITALS IN THE PREAMBLE THAT SUCH A SYSTEM SHOULD ENSURE BOTH EQUAL AND CONTINUOUS ACCESS TO THE QUOTA FOR ALL PERSONS CONCERNED AND AN ALLOCATION WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FROM AN ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT .
9 IT IS ON THE BASIS OF THOSE FACTS THAT THE QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY THE TRIBUNALE AMMINISTRATIVO SHOULD BE ANSWERED . ALTHOUGH , AS STATED IN THE JUDGMENT OF 12 DECEMBER 1973 CITED ABOVE , THE LIMITS OF THE POWER OF ADMINISTRATION OF A MEMBER STATE ARE EXEEDED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF CONDITIONS OF USE DESIGNED TO PURSUE OBJECTIVES OF ECONOMIC POLICY WHICH ARE NOT THE SUBJECT OF PROVISIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMUNITY , NEITHER THE WORDING NOR THE OBJECTS OF REGULATION NO 2861/77 NOR THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION PREVENT A MEMBER STATE FROM MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FALLING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ITS POWER OF ADMINISTRATION FOR ACCESS TO THE SHARE WHICH IT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE PERSONS CONCERNED . THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT SHARE MAY , UNDER THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF THE MARKET FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF A MEMBER STATE