PROCEDURE ( DATE OF THE LODGING OF THE APPLICATION, DATE OF THE BANK OF GREECE' S DECISION, DATE OF IMPORTATION ) AND INFORMATION REGARDING DELAYS AND REFUSALS CONCERNING THE GRANTING OF FOREIGN CURRENCY PERMITS . IN REPLY TO THOSE REQUESTS, THE GREEK GOVERNMENT SIMPLY COMMUNICATED THE LIST OF IMPORT PERMITS GRANTED .
6 THE COMMISSION TOOK THE VIEW THAT BARRIERS TO CEREAL IMPORTS, WHOSE COMPATIBILITY WITH COMMUNITY LAW IT DISPUTED, CONTINUED TO EXIST AND ON 25 NOVEMBER 1985 IT DELIVERED A REASONED OPINION IN WHICH IT STATED THAT THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC HAD MADE THE FOREIGN CURRENCY PERMIT PROCEDURE MORE DIFFICULT BY PROVIDING THAT IN FUTURE THE BANK OF GREECE WAS TO GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE CONCERNING THE GRANTING OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE ISSUED BY A BANK . THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC WAS INVITED TO ADOPT THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE OPINION WITHIN A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS FROM ITS NOTIFICATION .
7 IN 1985 THE COMMISSION BECAME AWARE THAT IN CERTAIN CASES THE GRANT OF A FOREIGN CURRENCY PERMIT FOR THE IMPORTATION OF WHEAT WAS MADE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESSED PRODUCT WOULD BE RE-EXPORTED WITH A GREATER ADDED VALUE . IT ALSO BECAME AWARE OF MINISTERIAL DECISION NO E 6/2931 OF 25 JULY 1985, WHICH REVOKED FOREIGN CURRENCY PERMITS CONCERNING WHEAT IMPORTS ISSUED BEFORE THAT DATE BUT NOT YET USED . THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS CONCERNED IMPORTS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION THAT THE PROCESSED PRODUCT WOULD BE RE-EXPORTED AND CASES WHERE IRREVOCABLE LETTERS OF CREDIT HAD BEEN ISSUED AND HAD NOT YET EXPIRED .
8 THE COMMISSION TOOK THE VIEW THAT THESE MEASURES CONSTITUTED ADDITIONAL BARRIERS TO CEREAL IMPORTS, AND BY LETTER OF 25 NOVEMBER 1985 IT INVITED THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO SUBMIT ITS OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE VIEW THAT SUCH BARRIERS WERE CONTRARY TO REGULATION NO 2727/75 AND ARTICLES 30 AND 106 ( 1 ) OF THE EEC TREATY .
9 NO REPLY WAS RECEIVED TO THAT LETTER, AND ON 15 MAY 1986 THE COMMISSION DELIVERED A SECOND REASONED OPINION IN WHICH THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC WAS INVITED TO ADOPT THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO COMPLY WITH THE OPINION WITHIN ONE MONTH FROM ITS NOTIFICATION .
10 THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC DID NOT RESPOND TO EITHER OF THE TWO REASONED OPINIONS, AND THE COMMISSION THEREFORE BROUGHT THIS ACTION .
11 REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE REPORT FOR THE HEARING FOR A MORE THOROUGH ACCOUNT OF THE FACTS, THE PROCEDURE AND THE SUBMISSIONS AND ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES, WHICH ARE MENTIONED OR DISCUSSED HEREINAFTER ONLY IN SO FAR AS IS NECESSARY FOR THE REASONING OF THE COURT .
ADMISSIBILITY
12 THE GREEK GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT SINCE THE BARRIERS TO CEREAL IMPORTS WERE LIFTED BEFORE THE ACTION WAS COMMENCED IT IS DEVOID OF PURPOSE .
13 AT THE HEARING THE COMMISSION ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE FAILURE TO FULFIL OBLIGATIONS HAD BEEN REMEDIED BUT NEVERTHELESS ASSERTED THAT IT HAD AN INTEREST IN OBTAINING A RULING IN RESPECT OF MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC IN THE PAST .
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