66In the third place, it is true that, as noted by the Latvian Government, economic operators are not justified in having a legitimate expectation that an existing situation which is capable of being altered by the EU institutions, or by national authorities implementing EU law, in the exercise of their discretion will be maintained (judgments of 22 October 2009, Elbertsen, C‑449/08, EU:C:2009:652, paragraph 45, and of 26 June 2012, Poland v Commission, C‑335/09, EU:C:2012:385, paragraph 180).
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