Judgment_paragraph 73 · Vereniging voor Energie, Milieu en Water and Others v Directeur van de Dienst uitvoering en toezicht energie (C-17/03)

73The principle of the protection of legitimate expectations is unquestionably one of the fundamental principles of the Community (see, inter alia, Case C-104/97 P Atlanta v European Community [1999] ECR I-6983, paragraph 52, and Joined Cases C-37/02 and C-38/02 Di Lenardo and Dilexport [2004] ECR I-6945, paragraph 70).