COMMUNITIES , WHICH HAS SUBMITTED OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT , ARE NOT RECOVERABLE .
41AS THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE , IN SO FAR AS THE PARTIES TO THE MAIN ACTION ARE CONCERNED , A STEP IN THE ACTION PENDING BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT , COSTS ARE MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
Operative part
ON THOSE GROUNDS ,
THE COURT ( FIRST CHAMBER )
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS REFERRED TO IT BY THE HIGH COURT OF IRELAND BY AN ORDER OF THAT COURT DATED 13 JULY 1977 , HEREBY RULES :
1 . REGULATION NO 2498/74 OF THE COUNCIL OF 2 OCTOBER 1974 BROUGHT ABOUT AN INCREASE IN THE BUYING-IN PRICE FOR BUTTER EXPRESSED IN IRISH POUNDS , BY VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 29 OF REGULATION NO 685/69 OF THE COMMISSION OF 14 APRIL 1969 , AS SUPPLEMENTED BY REGULATION NO 2517/74 OF THE COMMISSION OF 3 OCTOBER 1974 .
2 . CONSIDERATION OF THE THIRD QUESTIONS RAISED HAS DISCLOSED NO FACTOR OF SUCH A KIND AS TO AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF REGULATION NO 2517/74 OF THE COMMISSION .
3 . REGULATION NO 2517/74 OF THE COMMISSION APPLIES TO STORAGE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BEFORE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATION NO 2498/74 OF THE COUNCIL , IN RESPECT OF QUANTITIES OF BUTTER NOT YET REMOVED IN THE PROPER MANNER FROM STORAGE ON THAT DATE , NAMELY 7 OCTOBER 1974 .