80Indeed, these two procedures do no more than give specific expression to a more general principle which has also been applied in other areas of Community law. The Court has held that when the competent authority of a Member State entertains serious doubts, which go beyond mere suspicion, about the authenticity or accuracy of a document, the issuing authority or institution must, on the application of the first authority, reexamine the basis of the document concerned and, where appropriate, withdraw it (see, as regards certificates stating that a migrant worker has pursued certain occupational activities in his Member State of origin, Joined Cases C-193/97 and C-194/97 De Castro Freitas and Escallier [1998] ECR I-6747, paragraphs 29 to 31, and, as regards social security certificates, Case C-202/97 FTS [2000] ECR I-883, paragraph 59).
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