26As regards, secondly, the EU legislature’s discretion and the general principle of equal treatment, according to its settled case-law, the Court has acknowledged that, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it, the EU legislature has a broad discretion where its action involves political, economic and social choices and where it is called on to undertake complex assessments and evaluations (judgments of 16 December 2008, Arcelor Atlantique et Lorraine and Others, C‑127/07, EU:C:2008:728, paragraph 57, and of 30 January 2019, Planta Tabak, C‑220/17, EU:C:2019:76, paragraph 44). Only if a measure adopted in this field is manifestly inappropriate in relation to the objectives which the competent institutions are seeking to pursue can the lawfulness of such a measure be affected (judgment of 14 December 2004, Swedish Match, C‑210/03, EU:C:2004:802, paragraph 48).
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