20In that connection it is sufficient to state that a harmonization measure which is intended to standardize previously disparate rules of the Member States inevitably produces different effects depending on the prior state of the various national laws. Where Community rules apply equally to all Member States, as in the present case, there cannot be said to be discrimination.
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