Judgment_paragraph 35 · WQ v Land Berlin (C-216/19)

35The Court has ruled in that regard that Member States enjoy a measure of discretion as regards the supporting documents and the evidence to be required from an aid applicant in relation to the areas covered by the application. However, the exercise by Member States of their discretion in respect of the evidence to be provided in support of an aid application, particularly as regards the possibility of requiring an aid applicant to produce a valid legal document attesting to his or her right to use the areas covered by that application, must be consistent with the objectives pursued by the EU legislation concerned, as well as the general principles of EU law and, in particular, the principle of proportionality (judgment of 24 June 2010, Pontini and Others, C‑375/08, EU:C:2010:365, paragraphs 82 and 86).