31The Court has held before that customs duties and charges having equivalent effect are prohibited regardless of the purpose for which they were introduced and the destination of the revenue from them (Case 24/68 Commission v Italy [1969] ECR 193, paragraph 7, and Simitzi, paragraph 14). None the less, the Court has accepted that a charge which represents payment for a service actually rendered to an economic operator, of an amount in proportion to that service, does not constitute a charge having an effect equivalent to a customs duty (Case 63/74 Cadsky [1975] ECR 281, paragraph 8; Case 158/82 Commission v Denmark [1983] ECR 3573, paragraph 19; and CRT France International, paragraph 17).
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