Judgment_paragraph 47 · Staatssecretaris van Financiën v Sony Supply Chain Solutions (Europe) BV (C-153/10)

47The Court has held that the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations cannot be relied upon against an unambiguous provision of European Union law; nor can the conduct of a national authority responsible for applying European Union law, which acts in breach of that law, give rise to a legitimate expectation on the part of a trader of beneficial treatment contrary to European Union law (Case 316/86 Krücken [1988] ECR 2213, paragraph 24, Joined Cases C-31/91 to C-44/91 Lageder and Others [1993] ECR I-1761, paragraph 35, and Case C-94/05 Emsland-Stärke [2006] ECR I-2619, paragraph 31).

Staatssecretaris van Financiën v Sony Supply Chain Solutions (Europe) BV (C-153/10)

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