43That said, as is apparent from paragraph 38 above, it is possible that measures seeking to end discrimination contrary to EU law may, exceptionally, be adopted with retroactive effect provided that, in addition to respecting the legitimate expectations of the persons concerned, those measures are in fact warranted by an overriding reason in the public interest. In particular, according to settled case-law, the risk of seriously undermining the financial balance of the pension scheme concerned may constitute such an overriding reason in the public interest (see, to that effect, judgments of 11 January 2007, ITC, C‑208/05, EU:C:2007:16, paragraph 43, and of 7 March 2018, DW, C‑651/16, EU:C:2018:162, paragraph 33).
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