71It should be noted in that regard that the right to a refund of charges levied in a Member State in breach of rules of EU law is the consequence and complement of the rights conferred on individuals by provisions of EU law as interpreted by the Court (see, inter alia, Case 199/82 San Giorgio [1983] ECR 3595, paragraph 12, and Joined Cases C-397/98 and C-410/98 Metallgesellschaft and Others [2001] ECR I-1727, paragraph 84). The Member State is therefore required in principle to repay charges levied in breach of EU law (Joined Cases C-192/95 to C-218/95 Comateb and Others [1997] ECR I-165, paragraph 20; Metallgesellschaft and Others, paragraph 84; Case C-147/01 Weber’s Wine World and Others [2003] ECR I-11365, paragraph 93; and Test Claimants in the FII Group Litigation, paragraph 202).
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