Antonio Crispoltoni v Fattoria Autonoma Tabacchi and Giuseppe Natale and Antonio Pontillo v Donatab Srl (C-133/93, C-300/93, C-362/93)

Judgment of 5 Oct 1994

law://eu/cjeu/1993/c-133-93/para_57@2026-11-14

57It should be noted that whilst the protection of legitimate expectations is one of the fundamental principles of the Community, traders cannot have a legitimate expectation that an existing situation which is capable of being altered by the Community institutions in the exercise of their discretionary power will be maintained; this is particularly true in an area such as the common organization of the markets whose purpose involves constant adjustments to meet changes in the economic situation (see, in particular, the judgment in Delacre and Others v Commission, cited above, paragraph 33).

Antonio Crispoltoni v Fattoria Autonoma Tabacchi and Giuseppe Natale and Antonio Pontillo v Donatab Srl (C-133/93, C-300/93, C-362/93)

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