50Imposing such a probative procedure, to the exclusion of any other, would amount to making the right to an exemption subject to compliance with formal obligations, within the meaning of the case-law referred to in paragraphs 38 and 39 of the present judgment, without examining whether the substantive requirements laid down by EU law have in fact been satisfied or not. The mere fact that a transporter or an intermediary taking part in a transport transaction is unable to produce an export declaration does not mean that such exportation has not in fact taken place.
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