39It should also be borne in mind in this regard that, according to settled case-law, the Member States have the obligation to establish the Communities’ own resources. Article 2(1) of Regulations Nos 1552/89 and 1150/2000 must be interpreted as meaning that the Member States may not dispense with determining claims, even where these are disputed; otherwise, it would have to be accepted that the financial equilibrium of the Communities may be disrupted, even if only temporarily, by the conduct of a Member State (Case C-96/89 Commission v Netherlands [1991] ECR I-2461, paragraph 37; Case C-348/97 Commission v Germany [2000] ECR I-4429, paragraph 64; Case C-392/02 Commission v Denmark [2005] ECR I-9811, paragraph 60; and Commission v Spain, paragraph 28).
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