OF SUPERVISION INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EGGS AND , CONSEQUENTLY , FACILITATE THEIR SALE AND THUS PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF PRODUCERS , TRADERS AND CONSUMERS .
20THE ANSWER SHOULD THEREFORE BE GIVEN TO THE NATIONAL COURT THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY PROVISION IN THE COMMUNITY RULES RELATING TO THE MEANS OF FINANCING THE COSTS ARISING FROM THE SUPERVISION THE MEMBER STATES MAY MAKE THE ISSUE OF BANDS AND LABELS CONDITIONAL ON PAYMENT OF A CONSIDERATION IN RESPECT OF THAT SUPERVISION .
21WITH REGARD TO THE SECOND PART OF THE SECOND QUESTION , THAT IS TO SAY THE CASE WHERE THE AMOUNT OF THE CONSIDERATION IS FAR IN EXCESS OF THE COST OF THE SYSTEM , THE PRINCIPLE MUST BE LAID DOWN THAT WHILST THE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS LEAVE THE MEMBER STATES FREE TO CHOOSE THE MEANS OF FINANCING THE SUPERVISION WHICH THEY REQUIRE , THE CHOICE OF THE MEMBER STATES IS CONFINED TO THE STRICTLY NECESSARY OBJECTIVES OF THE FINANCING ITSELF .
22THE CONSIDERATION CHARGED TO THE AUTHORIZED PACKING CENTRES MUST NOT EXCEED THE REAL COSTS OF THE SUPERVISORY SYSTEM IN QUESTION .
23AN EXCESSIVE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION WOULD BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET AS IT WOULD AFFECT THE COMPETITIVENESS OF ITALIAN PRODUCERS AND WOULD DISTORT THE ' ' COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION ' ' .
24WHILST IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE COST OF UNDERTAKING THE SUPERVISION AND ISSUING LABELS WILL NOT BE IDENTICAL IN ALL THE MEMBER STATES , THE CONSIDERATION CHARGED TO THE AUTHORIZED PACKING CENTRES SHOULD NOT , ON THE OTHER HAND , EXCEED THE COSTS OF THE OPERATIONS IN QUESTION IN EACH OF THOSE STATES .
25IT IS FOR THE NATIONAL COURT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE AMOUNT CHARGED IS JUSTIFIED IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE LIMITS WHICH THE CONSIDERATION MUST NOT EXCEED .
26THE FOLLOWING THIRD QUESTION IS ASKED :
' ' MUST THE SAID REGULATIONS BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN THAT THEIR DIRECT APPLICABILITY MUST NOT BE JEOPARDIZED BY THE ADOPTION OF NATIONAL PROVISIONS WHICH , WHILST PURPORTING TO IMPLEMENT THE REGULATIONS IN QUESTION , INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS , SUCH AS THOSE RESERVING TO THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THE RIGHT TO PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE BANDS AND LABELS AND MAKING THE ISSUE OF SUCH BANDS AND LABELS SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENT OF A PECUNIARY CONSIDERATION?
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27THAT QUESTION RAISES THE POINT AS TO WHETHER THE FACT THAT THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LABELS IS RESERVED TO THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND THEIR ISSUE IS MADE CONDITIONAL ON PAYMENT OF A PECUNIARY CONSIDERATION IS CONTRARY TO THE DIRECTLY APPLICABLE NATURE OF THE REGULATIONS , WHICH WOULD BE PREJUDICED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF ' ' ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ' ' ' ' PURPORTING TO IMPLEMENT THE REGULATIONS IN QUESTION ' ' .
28ACCORDING TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 189 OF THE TREATY A REGULATION SHALL HAVE GENERAL APPLICATION AND SHALL BE DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
29BY REASON OF ITS NATURE AND ITS FUNCTION IN THE SYSTEM OF