69The case-law has also made it quite clear that a Member State may not apply a criminal penalty for failure to complete an administrative formality where such completion has been refused or rendered impossible by the Member State concerned, in infringement of Community law (see, to that effect, Case 5/83 Rienks [1983] ECR 4233, paragraphs 10 and 11).
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