Zuckerfabrik Süderdithmarschen AG v Hauptzollamt Itzehoe and Zuckerfabrik Soest GmbH v Hauptzollamt Paderborn (C-143/88, C-92/89)

Judgment of 21 Feb 1991

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49The Court has already held, in particular in its judgments in Case 98/78 Racke v Hauptzollamt Mainz [1979] ECR 69, Case 99/78 Decker v Hauptzollamt Landau [1979] ECR 101 and in Case 108/81 Amylumv Council [1982] ECR 3107, that although as a general rule the principle of legal certainty precludes a Community measure from taking effect from a point in time before its publication, it may exceptionally be otherwise when the purpose to be achieved so demands and when the legitimate expectations of those concerned are duly respected.

Zuckerfabrik Süderdithmarschen AG v Hauptzollamt Itzehoe and Zuckerfabrik Soest GmbH v Hauptzollamt Paderborn (C-143/88, C-92/89)

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