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25 TO ANSWER THE SIXTH QUESTION IT IS NECESSARY TO CONSIDER WHETHER THIS CONVERSION MUST BE CARRIED OUT AT THE RATE OF EXCHANGE TO BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY OR AT THE CURRENT RATE .
26 UNDER THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 2(1 ) OF REGULATION NO 129 OF 23 OCTOBER 1962 " WHERE MEASURES TAKEN IN PURSUANCE OF THE INSTRUMENTS OR PROVISIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ", THAT IS TO SAY, IN PARTICULAR, " INSTRUMENTS CONCERNING THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY " ( ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION NO 129, AS AMENDED BY ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION NO 653/68 OF THE COUNCIL OF 30 MAY 1968 ( OJ L 123, P . 4, ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION 1968 ( I ), P . 121 ) " REQUIRE SUMS GIVEN IN ONE CURRENCY TO BE EXPRESSED IN ANOTHER CURRENCY, THE EXCHANGE RATE TO BE APPLIED SHALL BE THAT WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE PAR VALUE COMMUNICATED TO AND RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ".
27 REGULATION NO 1009/67 ON " THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SUGAR " AND THE PROVISIONS ADOPTED ON THE BASIS OF THAT REGULATION ON THE DENATURING OF SUGAR CONCERN THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY .
28 AS A RESULT, THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2(1 ) OF REGULATION NO 129 APPLY TO TRANSACTIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT UNDER REGULATION NO 1009/67 AND THE MEASURES TAKEN IN IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF .
29 MOREOVER, A NOTE TO PARAGRAPH 2(E ) OF CHAPTER III OF THE NOTICE OF STANDING CALL FOR TENDER NO 3/1970, WHICH REFERS TO REGULATION NO 1987/69 AND WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHICH THE AWARDS IN DISPUTE WERE MADE, EXPRESSLY INDICATED THE PARITIES IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT OF THE CURRENCIES OF THE MEMBER STATES, AND THUS SHOWED CLEARLY THAT ANY NECESSARY CONVERSION WOULD TAKE PLACE AT THE RATE OF EXCHANGE REFERRED TO IN REGULATION NO 129 .
30 THE REPLY TO BE GIVEN TO THE NATIONAL COURT MUST THEREFORE BE THAT, IN THE CASES IN QUESTION, WHERE THE MEMBER STATE IN WHICH DENATURING HAS TAKEN PLACE PAYS IN ITS OWN CURRENCY A PREMIUM WHICH IS EXPRESSED IN THE STATEMENT OF AWARD ISSUED BY THE STATE IN WHICH THE TENDER IS INVITED IN THE CURRENCY OF THAT STATE, THE CONVERSION MUST BE EFFECTED AT THE RATE OF EXCHANGE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 2(1 ) OF REGULATION NO 129 .
Decision on costs
31 THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, WHICH HAVE SUBMITTED OBSERVATIONS TO THE COURT, ARE NOT RECOVERABLE AND 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
THE COURT
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS REFERRED TO IT BY THE COLLEGE VAN BEROEP VOOR HET BEDRIJFSLEVEN BY JUDGMENTS OF THAT COURT OF 6 JULY 1971,