43A Member State cannot rely on the existence of an advantage granted unilaterally by another Member State – in this case the Member State in which the donor and the donee reside – to escape its obligations under the Treaty, in particular under the Treaty provisions on the free movement of capital (see Eckelkamp and Others, paragraph 69, and Arens-Sikken, paragraph 66).
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