29With regard, in particular, to the subsequent verification of the EUR.1 certificates issued by the exporting State, the findings of the authorities of the exporting State are binding on the authorities of the importing Member State. The cooperation established by a protocol with regard to the origin of goods can function only if the importing State accepts the determinations legally made in that regard by the exporting State (Case C-97/95 Pascoal & Filhos [1997] ECR I-4209, paragraph 33; Case C-442/08 Commission v Germany, paragraphs 72 and 73; and Case C-386/08 Brita [2010] ECR I-1289, paragraph 62).
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