26In the perspective of a single market and in order to permit the attainment of the objectives thereof, Article 49 EC precludes the application of any national legislation which has the effect of making the provision of services between Member States more difficult than the provision of services purely within one Member State (see, inter alia, Case C-381/93 Commission v France [1994] ECR I-5145, paragraph 17, and Smits and Peerbooms, cited above, paragraph 61).
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