63However, even though it has such a power, the European Union legislature must base its choice on objective criteria. Furthermore, in assessing the burdens associated with various possible measures, it must examine whether objectives pursued by the measure chosen are such as to justify even substantial negative economic consequences for certain operators (Arcelor Atlantique et Lorraine and Others, paragraph 58, and Vodafone and Others, paragraph 53 and the case-law cited).
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