translate English to French: The first point is whether Regulation No 2081/92 must be interpreted as precluding the use of a PDO from being conditional on operations such as the slicing and packaging of the product taking place in the region of production.
Estimant que la solution du litige dépendait de l'interprétation des règlements nos 2081/92 et 1107/96, la House of Lords a décidé de surseoir à statuer et de poser à la Cour la question préjudicielle suivante: