47It is settled case-law that the principle of proportionality, which is one of the general principles of Community law, requires that measures adopted do not exceed the limits of what is appropriate and necessary in order to attain the objectives legitimately pursued by the legislation in question; when there is a choice between several appropriate measures, recourse must be had to the least onerous, and the disadvantages caused must not be disproportionate to the aims pursued (Jippes and Others, cited above, paragraph 81, and Lennox, cited above, paragraph 76).
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