170A further substantial delay arose because the competent authority suspended the appeal proceedings until the Court of Justice had delivered its judgment on the reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht (Finance Court) Hamburg in Case C-27/92 Möllmann-Fleisch [1993] ECR I-1701. That request for a preliminary ruling concerned in particular whether proof of importation into a nonmember country may be regarded as not having been provided if there is reason to doubt that the goods specified in the customs entry certificate have actually reached the market of the country of destination. However, it was pointless awaiting the Court's judgment in that case, because consistent case-law already existed in the field (Case 125/75 Milch-, Fett- und Eier-Kontor v Hauptzottamt Hamburg-Jonas [1976] ECR 771 and Case 89/83 Dimex v Hauptzottamt Hamburg-Jonas [1984] ECR 2815).
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