Judgment_paragraph 72 · SC Avio Lucos SRL v Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură – Centrul judeţean Dolj and Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură (APIA)

72Since that obligation does not stem from EU law and falls within the discretion of the Member States, it is for the referring court, in accordance with the case-law referred to in paragraphs 61, 63 and 64 of the present judgment, to determine whether such a requirement is consistent with the objectives pursued by the EU legislation concerned, as well as with the general principles of EU law, in particular the principle of proportionality.