2.6.1.The plaintiffs refer to the judgment of the Court of 30 October 1974 in Case 190/73, Officier van Justitie v Van Haaster, [1974] ECR 1123, as authority for the premise that any quantitative restriction on production constitutes a measure having an effect equivalent to a restriction on exports. The contested provisions limit production by means of rules on the materials to be used, methods of production, processing methods and also by the restriction of varieties.The requirement of a minimum naturing period and the fact that products of good quality may not be exported to other Member States are also obstacles to exports.The exceptions to the prohibition of measures having equivalent effect, namely Article 36 of the Treaty and the consistent line of decisions of the Court since the judgment of 11 July 1974 in Case 8/74, Dassonville, [1974] ECR 837, are not applicable since the objective pursued by the contested rules is not included in the category of permissible exceptions. There can be no question of a guarantee of the authenticity of the appellation of origin of the product, since the cheese may be produced anywhere in the Netherlands.
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