87It must be borne in mind, first of all, that the principle that penal provisions may not have retroactive effect is one that is common to all the legal orders of the Member States and forms an integral part of the general principles of law whose observance is ensured by the Community judicature (see Case 63/83 Kirk [1984] ECR 2689, paragraph 22).
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