SHARE OF THE QUOTA , SO THAT IT MAY ENSURE AN ALLOCATION WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FROM AN ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT ' ' .
8 FIRST OF ALL , IT SHOULD BE RECALLED THAT IN 1962 THE COMMUNITY UNDERTOOK , UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ( GATT ), TO OPEN EACH YEAR A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES , WHICH SINCE 1980 HAS BEEN FIXED AT 50 000 TONNES . THE QUOTAS IN QUESTION ARE OPENED EACH YEAR BY COUNCIL REGULATIONS WHICH DETERMINE THEIR APPORTIONMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND , USING BROADLY SIMILAR TERMS , LEAVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE QUOTA SHARES TO THE AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES .
9 IN ITS JUDGMENTS OF 12 DECEMBER 1973 ( CASE 131/73 GROSOLI ( 1973 ) ECR 1555 ) AND 23 JANUARY 1980 ( CASE 35/79 GROSOLI V MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE ( 1980 ) ECR 177 ) THE COURT HAS ALREADY HAD OCCASION TO STATE THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SHARES WAS LEFT TO THE MEMBER STATES , WHO MIGHT APPORTION THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS , BUT THAT REFERENCE BY THE REGULATIONS TO SUCH PROVISIONS COULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS GOING BEYOND THE SCOPE OF TECHNICAL AND PROCEDURAL RULES DESIGNED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS OF THE QUOTA AND WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE ENTITLED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT .
10 THAT INTERPRETATION , WHICH SETS OUT THE LIMITS OF THE POWER DELEGATED TO MEMBER STATES TO ADOPT ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES , IS ALSO VALID FOR REGULATION NO 2956/79 , WHICH OPENED THE TARIFF QUOTA FOR 1980 AND CONTAINED THE USUAL PROVISIONS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE QUOTA SHARES BY THE MEMBER STATES .
11 IT IS ON THAT BASIS , THEREFORE , THAT THE QUESTION SUBMITTED BY THE HESSISCHER VERWALTUNGSGERICHTSHOF SHOULD BE ANSWERED . ALTHOUGH THE LIMITS OF A MEMBER STATE ' S ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS ARE EXCEEDED IF IT SUBJECTS THE USE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA TO CONDITIONS DESIGNED TO PURSUE OBJECTIVES OF ECONOMIC POLICY WHICH ARE NOT LAID DOWN IN THE PROVISIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMUNITY , NEITHER THE LETTER NOR THE SPIRIT OF REGULATION NO 2956/79 NOR THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION PREVENTS A MEMBER STATE FROM REGULATING , WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ITS ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS , ACCESS BY THE PERSONS CONCERNED TO THE QUOTA SHARE WHICH IT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED . THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT SHARE MAY , UNDER THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS PREVAILING ON THE MARKET FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF A MEMBER STATE , REASONABLY INVOLVE THE EXPEDIENCY , OR EVEN THE NECESSITY , OF DEFINING THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PERSONS CONCERNED AND OF DETERMINING IN ADVANCE THE TOTAL QUANTITY TO WHICH EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES MAY LAY CLAIM .
12 AS THE COURT STATED IN GROSOLI V MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE , SUCH A SYSTEM DOES NOT EXCEED THE LIMITS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS LEFT TO THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED