OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT , ARE NOT RECOVERABLE .
37 AS THESE 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 AS TO COSTS IS A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
Operative part
ON THOSE GROUNDS ,
THE COURT
HEREBY RULES :
1 . THE MEMBER STATES MAY NEITHER ADOPT NOR ALLOW NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING LEGISLATIVE POWER TO ADOPT ANY MEASURE WHICH WOULD CONCEAL THE COMMUNITY NATURE AND EFFECTS OF ANY LEGAL PROVISION FROM THE PERSONS TO WHOM IT APPLIES .
2 . THE LOWEST MINIMUM EXPORT PRICE FIXED FOR THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION BY REGULATION NO 369/75 IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO PRODUCTS WHICH ARE LARGER THAN THE MINIMUM SIZE BUT SMALLER THAN THE SIZES EXPRESSLY LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO THAT REGULATION .
3 . A NATIONAL PROVISION WHICH FIXES MINIMUM PRICES FOR EXPORTS TO THIRD COUNTRIES OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF BULBS OTHER THAN THOSE FOR WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS FIXED MINIMUM PRICES IN REGULATION NO 369/75 , WHICH DOES NOT CREATE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY SYSTEM , DOES NOT LIMIT ITS SCOPE AND SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THE SAME AIM , THAT IS , THE STABILIZATION OF PRICES IN TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES , CANNOT BE REGARDED AS INCOMPATIBLE WITH COMMUNITY LAW .
4 . IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY PROVISION IN THE COMMUNITY RULES PROVIDING FOR SPECIFIC SANCTIONS TO BE IMPOSED ON INDIVIDUALS FOR A FAILURE TO OBSERVE THOSE RULES , THE MEMBER STATES ARE COMPETENT TO ADOPT SUCH SANCTIONS AS APPEAR TO THEM TO BE APPROPRIATE .
5 . THE MEMBER STATES MAY NOT , EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE INTERMEDIARY OF ORGANIZATIONS SET UP OR RECOGNIZED BY THEM AUTHORIZE ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE MINIMUM PRICES FIXED BY THE COMMUNITY .