43However, according to settled case-law of the Court, the principle of respect for the rights of the defence is not an unfettered prerogative but may be restricted, provided that the restrictions in fact correspond to objectives of public interest pursued by the measure in question and do not constitute, in the light of the objectives pursued, a disproportionate and intolerable interference which impairs the very substance of the rights thus guaranteed (judgment of 9 November 2017, Ispas, C‑298/16, EU:C:2017:843, paragraph 35 and the case-law cited).
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