41That finding is not invalidated by Canon's argument that an allowance was made in respect of such expenses on the basis of identical evidence in the case which gave rise to the judgment in Joined Cases 277 and 300/85 Canon v Council, cited above. Even assuming that those expenses and their link with the sales were similar, which, moreover, has not been established, it must be pointed out that, as the Court has held, in particular in its judgment in Case 52/81 Faust v Commission [1982] ECR 3745, where the Community institutions enjoy a margin of discretion in the choice of the means needed to achieve their policies, traders are unable to claim that they have a legitimate expectation that the means initially chosen will continue to be employed, since those means may be altered by the institutions in the exercise of their powers.
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