84 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 ), OR THAT CERTAIN DECISIONS SHALL BE NOTIFIED TO THE CLAIMANT IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE ( ARTICLE 48 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 574/72 ), BUT THESE PROVISIONS DO NOT APPLY IN THE PRESENT CASE .
THE NATIONAL COURTS OF THE MEMBER STATES MUST NEVERTHELESS TAKE CARE THAT LEGAL CERTAINTY IS NOT PREJUDICED BY A FAILURE ARISING FROM THE INABILITY OF THE WORKER TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH A DECISION IS NOTIFIED TO HIM .
Decision on costs
7 THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, WHICH HAS SUBMITTED OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT, ARE NOT RECOVERABLE, AND AS THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE, INSOFAR AS THE PARTIES TO THE MAIN ACTION ARE CONCERNED, A STEP IN THE ACTION BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT, COSTS ARE A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
Operative part
THE COURT
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION REFERRED TO IT BY THE BUNDESSOZIALGERICHT BY ORDER OF THAT COURT DATED 22 AUGUST 1974, HEREBY RULES :
THE WORD 'DIRECTLY' IN ARTICLE 56 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 4 OF THE COUNCIL MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT THE NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN THE PROVISION MUST BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN INTERMEDIARY AND THAT DESPATCH BY THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES MEETS THIS CONDITION .