Judgment_paragraph 33 · Cabinet Medical Veterinar Dr. Tomoiagă Andrei v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Cluj Napoca prin Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Maramureș (C-144/14)

33According to the settled case-law of the Court, the principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations must be respected by the EU institutions, but also by Member States in the exercise of the powers conferred on them by EU directives (see, to that effect, judgments in Gemeente Leusden and Holin Groep, C‑487/01 and C‑7/02, EU:C:2004:263, paragraph 57; ‘Goed Wonen’, C‑376/02, EU:C:2005:251, paragraph 32; and Elmeka NE, C‑181/04 to C‑183/04, EU:C:2006:563, paragraph 31).