64The following considerations ought to be noted at the outset. First, as the Advocate General observed in paragraph 61 of his Opinion, the market for tobacco products, especially cigarettes, in the Community is one in which trade between Member States represents a relatively large part. Second, national rules laying down the requirements to be met by products, in particular those relating to their designation, composition or packaging, are in themselves liable, in the absence of harmonisation at Community level, to constitute obstacles to the free movement of goods (see, to that effect, Joined Cases C-267/91 and C-268/91 Keck and Mitbouard [1993] ECR I-6097, paragraph 15).
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