32A product coming from a third country, in respect of which the requirements laid down by Article 10(1) of the Treaty are satisfied, is regarded as being in free circulation. It will then be treated, according to Article 9(2) of the Treaty, in the same way as products originating in Member States as regards the elimination of customs duties and quantitative restrictions between the Member States (see Case 41/76 Donckerwolcke and Schou [1976] ECR 1921, paragraphs 16 and 17). In so far as there are no Community rules harmonising the conditions governing the marketing of the products concerned, the Member State into which they are put into free circulation may prevent their being placed on the market if they do not satisfy the conditions laid down for that purpose under national law.
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