APPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION OF NULLITY - APPLICATION DIRECTED AGAINST A REGULATION WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY ANOTHER REGULATION ADOPTED DURING THE PROCEEDINGS - DISMISSAL AS UNFOUNDED OF THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN THE MEANTIME AND DIRECTED AGAINST THE NEW REGULATION - CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE FIRST REGULATION DEVOID OF PURPOSE - DECISION ON THE POINT AT ISSUE UNNECESSARY ( EEC TREATY , ART . 172 )