64Next, it is clear from paragraph 49 of this judgment that an import levy should have been charged on the consignments of butter concerned. Under Article 2(1) of Regulation No 1552/89, an entitlement of the Community to own resources such as those at issue in this case is established as soon as the amount due is notified by the competent department of the Member State to the person from whom it is due. According to the case-law, that provision must be interpreted as meaning that the Member State may not dispense with determining the claims, even where they dispute them, since otherwise it would have to be accepted that the financial equilibrium of the Community may be disrupted, even temporarily, by the arbitrary conduct of a Member State (see, to that effect, Case C-96/89 Commission v Netherlands [1991] ECR I-2461, paragraph 37).
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