20The Commission observes that reliance on the mandatory requirement of fairness of commercial transactions cannot justify the prohibition of marketing under a particular description products imported from other Member States which do not comply with the requirements of the Member State of importation even though those products are lawfully and traditionally manufactured and marketed in the Member State of origin under the same description (see, in particular, Case C-269/89 Bonfait [1990] ECR I-4169 and Case C-293/93 Houtwipper [1994] ECR I-4249). Moreover, the protection of consumers could be achieved by other means which would not frustrate the free movement of goods.
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