80The Commission further points out that it is settled case-law that the freedom to pursue a trade or profession may be restricted, particularly in the context of a common organisation of the market, provided that those restrictions in fact correspond to objectives of general interest pursued by the Community and that they do not constitute a disproportionate and intolerable interference which infringes upon the very substance of the right guaranteed (see Case 265/87 Schräder [1989] ECR 2237, paragraph 15, and Case C-177/90 Kühn [1992] ECR I-35, paragraph 16). In this case, it is undeniable that the restrictions on the activities of non-traditional operators which do not meet the criteria in Article 6(c) of Regulation No 896/2001 do satisfy a requirement in the general interest. Moreover, no economic operator can claim an acquired right that an advantageous situation, such as inclusion in tariff quotas, will be maintained, especially if at a certain point it becomes apparent that that situation is contrary to the rules of the common market (see, to that effect, Case C-280/93 Germany v Council [1994] ECR I-4973, paragraph 80).
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