53Consequently, a national rule such as Paragraph 73(1) of the AMG, whereby a Member State discharges its obligations under Directive 65/65 and the Community Code, cannot be characterised as a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction on imports within the meaning of Article 28 EC (see, to that effect, in the context of Council Directive 86/469/EEC of 16 September 1986 concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues (OJ 1986 L 275, p. 36), Case C-246/98 Berendse-Koenen [2000] ECR I-1777, paragraph 25). Accordingly, Articles 28 EC to 30 EC cannot be relied on in order to circumvent the system of national authorisation provided for by Directive 65/65 and the Community Code, which is implemented in national law by Paragraph 73(1) of the AMG.
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