75It follows, in that regard, from the Court's case-law that although the principle of legal certainty precludes, in general, a Community measure from taking effect from a point in time before its publication, it may exceptionally be otherwise where the purpose to be achieved so demands and where the legitimate expectations of those concerned are duly respected (see Case C-331/88 Fedesa and Others [1990] ECR I-4023, paragraph 45, and Parliament v Council, paragraph 21).
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