, 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 .
10 SUCH A SYSTEM OF UTILIZATION DOES NOT EXCEED THE LIMITS OF THE POWER OF ADMINISTRATION LEFT TO THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED SO LONG AS IT DOES NOT DEPRIVE SOME PERSONS CONCERNED OF ACCESS TO THE SHARE ALLOCATED TO THAT STATE AND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF TRADERS AS WELL AS THE TOTAL QUANTITIES TO WHICH THOSE CATEGORIES HAVE ACCESS ARE NOT DETERMINED IN AN ARBITRARY MANNER . IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED MAY FIND ITSELF OBLIGED TO RESORT TO A NUMBER OF CRITERIA .
11 WHILST IT IS CONSEQUENTLY TRUE THAT REGULAR IMPORTERS OF FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL CANNOT BE DISQUALIFIED FROM ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL SHARE OF THE QUOTA , THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY TRADERS INTERESTED IN THE MEAT IMPORTED UPON FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS . IT IS ESSENTIAL TO STATE IN THIS REGARD THAT THE CONCEPT OF ' ' PERSONS CONCERNED ' ' IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION NO 2861/77 HAS A WIDER SCOPE THAN THAT OF ' ' IMPORTERS ' ' CONCERNED REFERRED TO IN PREVIOUS REGULATIONS , FOR EXAMPLE IN ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION NO 3167/76 OF 21 DECEMBER 1976 OPENING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL FOR 1977 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 357 , P . 14 ).
12 THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST AND SECOND QUESTIONS OF THE TRIBUNALE AMMINISTRATIVO SHOULD THEREFORE BE THAT NEITHER REGULATION NO 2861/77 NOR OTHER RULES OF COMMUNITY LAW PRECLUDE A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE NATIONAL SHARE OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL BASED UPON A NUMBER OF CRITERIA TO DEFINE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF TRADERS AND TO FIX THE TOTAL AMOUNTS TO WHICH EACH OF THE CATEGORIES IS TO HAVE ACCESS , PROVIDED THAT SUCH CRITERIA ARE NOT DETERMINED IN AN ARBITRARY WAY AND DO NOT RESULT IN DEPRIVING SOME OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED OF ACCESS TO THE SHARE IN QUESTION .
13 BY ITS THIRD QUESTION THE NATIONAL COURT WISHES TO KNOW WHETHER A PART OF THE NATIONAL SHARE , DETERMINED IN ADVANCE ON THE BASIS OF A CRITERIA FOR APPORTIONMENT , MAY BE ALLOTTED IN ADVANCE TO A SINGLE TRADER EVEN ONE WITH ESPECIALLY DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS .
14 IT FOLLOWS FROM THE CONSIDERATIONS PUT FORWARD IN RELATION TO THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS THAT THE ANSWER TO THE THIRD QUESTION MUST BE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE SO LONG AS THE POSITION OCCUPIED BY THE TRADER IN QUESTION IS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CRITERIA HELD COMPATIBLE WITH COMMUNITY LAW . THE FACT THAT UNDER NATIONAL LAW ONE CATEGORY OF TRADERS CONSISTS OF A SINGLE LARGE-SCALE TRADER IS NOT SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO PROVE THAT THE CRITERIA ADOPTED BY THAT NATIONAL LAW ARE ARBITRARY . THE ANSWER TO THE THIRD QUESTION IS THEREFORE COVERED BY THAT GIVEN TO THE FIRST TWO