REMAINED UNAFFECTED .
16 FINALLY, THE PLAINTIFF IN THE MAIN ACTION CONTENDS THAT THE PROVISION IN DISPUTE WAS VITIATED BY THE FACT THAT DURING THE PREPARATORY DISCUSSIONS OF REGULATION NO 354/69 BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THE COMMISSION YIELDED TO IMPROPER PRESSURES FROM THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS TO PROMOTE CERTAIN INTERESTS OF THOSE STATES TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE INDUSTRY CONCERNED WITH THE DENATURING OF SUGAR .
17 ONE OF THE AIMS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PROCEDURE IS TO ENABLE THE COMMISSION TO PREPARE ITS INTERVENTION MEASURES IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES CHARGED WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MARKET SECTORS CONCERNED .
IT IS CONSONANT WITH THE VERY IDEA OF THE COMMUNITY THAT, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MECHANICS OF COLLECTIVE DISCUSSION SET UP WITH A VIEW TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY, THE MEMBER STATES SHOULD EMPHASIZE THEIR INTERESTS, WHILST IT FALLS TO THE COMMISSION TO ARBITRATE, THROUGH THE MEASURES TAKEN BY IT, BETWEEN POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE GENERAL INTEREST .
THE CONSIDERATIONS ARISING FROM CERTAIN EXPORT OBLIGATIONS OF THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES, ON THE ONE HAND, AND FROM CERTAIN COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THE FRENCH ANTILLES, ON THE OTHER HAND, PRESUMING THEY BOTH EXISTED, WERE AMONG THOSE WHICH THE COMMISSION COULD LEGITIMATELY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT .
THE VALIDITY OF REGULATION NO 354/69 CANNOT, THEREFORE, BE HELD TO BE AFFECTED .
ON THE SECOND QUESTION
18 THE SECOND QUESTION IS WHETHER ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION NO 354/69, WHICH SPECIFIED THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE REGULATION ON A DATE COINCIDING WITH THAT OF PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNITIES, IS VALID .
IT IS ALSO ASKED WHETHER THAT PROVISION COULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE INVALID BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ESPECIALLY REASONED AND WHETHER THE COMMISSION SHOULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN OBLIGED TO INCLUDE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS IN THE REGULATION FOR PURCHASING CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BEFORE PUBLICATION OF THE REGULATION .
19 UNDER THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 191 OF THE EEC TREATY, REGULATIONS SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE " ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THEM OR, IN THE ABSENCE THEREOF, ON THE TWENTIETH DAY FOLLOWING THEIR PUBLICATION ".
BY THIS PROVISION THE TREATY RESERVED TO THE COMPETENT INSTITUTIONS THE RIGHT TO SPECIFY THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF LEGISLATIVE ACTS ACCORDING TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES .
IN THIS CASE, THE IMMEDIATE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATION NO 354/69 IS OBVIOUSLY JUSTIFIED BY THE NECESSITY TO PREVENT, DURING THE TIME WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE ELAPSED BETWEEN PUBLICATION OF THE MEASURE AND ITS ENTRY INTO FORCE, THE DEPOSIT OF APPLICATIONS FOR DENATURING CERTIFICATES WHICH, DUE IN PARTICULAR TO THEIR LONG DURATION, COULD HAVE COMPROMISED THE EFFECT OF THE MEASURE OF ECONOMIC POLICY TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION .
THIS CLAUSE DID NOT HAVE TO BE ESPECIALLY REASONED AS IT EXPRESSED A REQUIREMENT OF EFFICIENCY INHERENT IN THE VERY NATURE OF THE MEASURE INTRODUCED BY THE REGULATION .
20 THE COMMISSION, LIKEWISE, WAS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS .
IN FACT, THE DURATION