35According to the case-law, the penalty of forfeiture of entitlement is justified only by the need to ensure the proper administration of social funds. The provision imposing a time-limit for submission of the request for aid is in conformity with the principle of proportionality only inasmuch as compliance with the prescribed time-limits has been found to be indispensable to ensure the proper functioning of the aid scheme (judgment in Case C-319/90 Pressler v Germany [1992] ECR I-203 and the Opinion of Advocate General Tesauro in that case, I-209). In the present case, the Commission's interpretation of Article 10 cannot be regarded as indispensable to ensure the proper functioning of the aid scheme.
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