9According to the Commission, it follows from settled case-law, that Article 49 EC requires not only the elimination of all discrimination on grounds of nationality against providers of services but also the abolition of any restriction, even if it applies without distinction to national providers of services and to those of other Member States, which is liable to impede the activities of a provider of services established in another Member State where he lawfully provides similar services (see Case C-76/90 Säger [1991] ECR I-4221). In particular, a Member State cannot make the performance of the services in its territory subject to observance of all the conditions required for establishment; were it to do so, the provisions securing freedom to provide services would be deprived of all practical effect (Case C-180/89 Commission v Italy [1991] ECR I-709).
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