Antonio Crispoltoni v Fattoria autonoma tabacchi di Città di Castello (C-368/89)

Judgment of 11 Jul 1991

law://eu/cjeu/1989/c-368-89/para_17@2026-11-13

17In that respect, the Court has consistently held (see, inter alia, judgments in Case 98/78 Račke v Hauptzollamt Mainz [1979] ECR 69, paragraph 20, and Case 99/78 Decker v Hauptzollamt Landau [1979] ECR 101, paragraph 8) that, although in general 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 where the purpose to be achieved so demands and where the legitimate expectations of those concerned are duly respected. That case-law also applies where the retroactivity is not expressly laid down by the measure itself but is the result of its content.

Antonio Crispoltoni v Fattoria autonoma tabacchi di Città di Castello (C-368/89)

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