96It is settled case-law that there is, in EU law, a general legal principle that EU law cannot be relied on for abusive or fraudulent ends (judgments of 9 March 1999, Centros, C‑212/97, EU:C:1999:126, paragraph 24 and the case-law cited; of 21 February 2006, Halifax and Others, C‑255/02, EU:C:2006:121, paragraph 68; of 12 September 2006, Cadbury Schweppes and Cadbury Schweppes Overseas, C‑196/04, EU:C:2006:544, paragraph 35; of 22 November 2017, Cussens and Others, C‑251/16, EU:C:2017:881, paragraph 27; and of 11 July 2018, Commission v Belgium, C‑356/15, EU:C:2018:555, paragraph 99).
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