40It is, however, settled case-law of the Court that the pecuniary charge imposed on economic operators must be economically justified in that there must be a direct link between the amount and the actual cost of the operation it is intended to finance, in this case the possible return of the waste shipped, including shipment and disposal or recovery thereof (see, to that effect, Case C-111/89 Bakker Hillegom [1990] ECR I-1735, paragraphs 11 and 12).
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