. AS THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE , IN SO FAR AS THE PARTIES TO THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS ARE CONCERNED , IN THE NATURE OF A STEP IN THE PROCEEDINGS PENDING BEFORE THE NATIONAL COURT , THE DECISION ON COSTS IS A MATTER FOR THAT COURT .
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ON THOSE GROUNDS ,
THE COURT ,
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS REFERRED TO IT BY THE GERECHTSHOF , AMSTERDAM , BY AN ORDER OF 10 MAY 1979 , HEREBY RULES :
NATIONAL RULES OF THE KIND REFERRED TO BY THE NATIONAL COURT WHEREBY A MEMBER STATE , DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE INTERMEDIARY OF BODIES ESTABLISHED OR APPROVED BY AN OFFICIAL AUTHORITY , RESERVES EXCLUSIVELY TO PERSONS AFFILIATED TO SUCH BODIES THE RIGHT TO MARKET , RESELL , IMPORT , EXPORT AND OFFER FOR EXPORT MATERIAL FOR PLANT PROPAGATION SUCH AS CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS WHICH ARE COVERED BY THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS , BULBS , ROOTS AND THE LIKE , CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE ESTABLISHED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 234/68 OF THE COUNCIL OF 27 FEBRUARY 1968 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION 1968 ( I ), P . 26 ) AND FORBIDS PERSONS WHO ARE NOT SO AFFILIATED TO MARKET , RESELL , IMPORT , EXPORT AND OFFER FOR EXPORT , SUCH PRODUCTS WHATEVER THEIR QUALITY MAY BE , IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SAID REGULATION AND ALSO WITH ARTICLES 30 AND 34 OF THE EEC TREATY .