26It should, first, be recalled that in Case C-290/91 Peter ν Hauptzollamt Regensburg [1993] ECR I-2981, the Court held (at paragraph 8) that ‘according to the general principles on which the Community is based and which govern the relations between the Community and the Member States, it is for the Member States, by virtue of Article 5 of the Treaty, to ensure that Community regulations are implemented within their territory. In so far as Community law, including its general principles, does not include common rules to this effect, the national authorities when implementing Community regulations act in accordance with the procedural and substantive rules of their own national law; however, these national rales must be reconciled with the need to apply Community law uniformly so as to avoid unequal treatment of producers and traders. Furthermore, such rales must not have the effect of making it virtually impossible to implement Community regulations (see the judgment in Joined Cases 205/82 to 215/82 Deutsche Milch-Kontor ν Germany [1983] ECR 2633, at paragraphs 17 and 19).
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