43While it is admitted that the restrictions adopted by Member States, while establishing their rural development programme, must not deprive the Natura 2000 payments system of its the compensatory aim (see, to that effect, judgment of 30 March 2017, Lingurár, C‑315/16, EU:C:2017:244, paragraph 28), the fact remains that those Member States may decide how the measures to achieve the objectives set out in Regulation No 1305/2013 are to be implemented in practice. Furthermore, when making these choices, those States must observe the general principles of EU law, such as non-discrimination and proportionality (see, to that effect, concerning the principle of proportionality, judgment of 30 March 2017, Lingurár, C‑315/16, EU:C:2017:244, paragraph 29 and the case-law cited).
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