. AS THE PROCEEDINGS ARE , IN SO FAR AS THE PARTIES TO THE MAIN ACTION ARE CONCERNED , IN THE NATURE OF A STEP IN THE ACTION PENDING BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT , THE DECISION ON COSTS IS A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
Operative part
ON THOSE GROUNDS ,
THE COURT ,
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS REFERRED TO IT BY THE TRIBUNAL DE COMMERCE , PARIS , BY JUDGMENT OF 16 OCTOBER 1978 , HEREBY RULES :
SINCE THE DATE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE NO 75/106 OF 19 DECEMBER 1974 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO THE MAKING-UP BY VOLUME OF CERTAIN PRE-PACKAGED LIQUIDS WAS , BY ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) THEREOF , DEFERRED IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 AT THE LATEST , THE MAINTENANCE IN FORCE BY THAT MEMBER STATE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT 1963 WAS NOT , AT THE DATE OF THE IMPORTS IN QUESTION , PROHIBITED BY THE RULES OF COMMUNITY LAW AND COULD THEREFORE AT THAT DATE BE APPLIED TO THE MARKETING IN ENGLAND OF PRE-PACKAGED MILK FROM ANOTHER MEMBER STATE , MADE UP IN CONTAINERS OF A CAPACITY OF ONE LITRE .