103Thirdly, as regards the alleged possibility of having recourse to a measure more appropriate and less restrictive than that provided for by the contested regulation, in order to attain the objectives pursued by the Commission, such as the imposition of a minimum sale price, it must be observed that the principle of proportionality, which is one of the general principles of Community law, requires that measures adopted by Community institutions should not exceed the limits of what is appropriate and necessary in order to attain the legitimate objectives pursued by the legislation in question, and where there is a choice between several appropriate measures, recourse must be had to the least onerous, and the disadvantages caused must not be disproportionate to the aims pursued (Case C-331/88 Fedesa and Others [1990] ECR I-4023, paragraph 13; Joined Cases C-133/93, C-300/93 and C-362/93 Crispoltoni and Others [1994] ECR I-4863, paragraph 41; Antillean Rice Mills and Others v Commission, cited above, paragraph 52; and Case C-189/01 Jippes and Others [2001] ECR I-5689, paragraph 81).
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