THE FORMER AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LATTER . THAT BEING THE CASE , IT CANNOT BE CONCLUDED THAT THE IMPORTATION OF BREAD IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT .
18 IT IS ALSO IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCEPT EDAH BV ' S ARGUMENT THAT SUCH PROVISIONS ARE CONTRARY TO ARTICLE 30 OF THE EEC TREATY BECAUSE THEY ENABLE IMPORTED BREAD TO BE SOLD BELOW THE MINIMUM SELLING PRICE APPLICABLE TO DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED BREAD WHEN THE PURCHASE PRICE IS SUFFICIENTLY LOW . THE PURPOSE OF THAT ARTICLE IS TO ELIMINATE OBSTACLES TO THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS AND NOT TO ENSURE EQUAL TREATMENT IN ALL CASES FOR GOODS OF NATIONAL ORIGIN AND IMPORTED GOODS . UNEQUAL TREATMENT WHICH DOES NOT HAVE THE EFFECT OF HINDERING IMPORTS OR MAKING THE SALE OF IMPORTED GOODS MORE DIFFICULT BUT INSTEAD FAVOURS THEM DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE PROHIBITION LAID DOWN BY THAT ARTICLE .
19 FINALLY , IT IS UNNECESSARY TO EXAMINE THE ARGUMENT PUT FORWARD BY EDAH BV AND THE COMMISSION TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH PROVISIONS ARE CONTRARY TO ARTICLE 30 OF THE EEC TREATY IN SO FAR AS A MINIMUM PRICE IS PRESCRIBED FOR CERTAIN SPECIFIED TYPES OF DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED BREAD WHEREAS THE DISTRIBUTION MARGIN APPLIES TO ANY IMPORTED BREAD . HAVING REGARD TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE JUDGMENTS BY WHICH THE NATIONAL COURTS REQUESTED THE PRELIMINARY RULING TO INDICATE THAT THAT DIFFERENCE - IF INDEED IT BE MORE THAN ONE OF PURE FORM - IS OF ANY RELEVANCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS , THE COURT CONSIDERS THAT THE QUESTION WHETHER ARTICLE 30 PROHIBITS SUCH A DIFFERENCE OF TREATMENT HAS NOT BEEN PUT TO IT BY THOSE COURTS .
20 FROM WHAT HAS BEEN SAID IT FOLLOWS THAT THE ANSWER WHICH MUST BE GIVEN TO THE FIRST QUESTION SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARRONDISSEMENTSRECHTBANK , ALMELO , AND THE ARRONDISSEMENTSRECHTBANK , ' S-HERTOGENBOSCH , IS THAT ARTICLE 30 OF THE EEC TREATY MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT :
( A ) NATIONAL PROVISIONS WHICH PRESCRIBE A MINIMUM RETAIL PRICE OF A SET AMOUNT FOR DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED BREAD AND LAY DOWN , IN THE CASE OF IMPORTED BREAD , A DISTRIBUTION MARGIN TO BE ADDED TO THE PURCHASE PRICE EQUAL TO THE DISTRIBUTION COSTS OF WELL-ORGANIZED AND EFFICIENTLY OPERATED DISTRIBUTORS , CONSTITUTE A MEASURE EQUIVALENT TO A QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS WHERE THAT DISTRIBUTION MARGIN IS COMPULSORY EVEN WHEN THE RESULTING SELLING PRICE IS HIGHER THAN THE MINIMUM PRICE APPLICABLE TO DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED BREAD ;
( B ) SUCH PROVISIONS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS WHERE THE DISTRIBUTION MARGIN FOR THE SALE OF IMPORTED BREAD IS THE SAME AS THAT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE SET MINIMUM PRICE FOR DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED BREAD AND IS NOT COMPULSORY FOR IMPORTED BREAD SOLD AT OR ABOVE THAT MINIMUM PRICE ;
( C ) IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE SUCH PROVISIONS FROM ALLOWING THE SELLING PRICE FOR IMPORTED BREAD RESULTING FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION MARGIN TO