68It is immaterial in this regard that the provisions in question envisage deposit and return obligations for non-reusable packaging and do not prohibit imports of drinks in such packaging and that it is, moreover, possible for producers to resort to reusable packaging. A measure capable of hindering imports must be classified as a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction even though the hindrance is slight and even though it is possible for the products to be marketed in other ways (Joined Cases 177/82 and 178/82 Van de Haar and Kaveka de Meern [1984] ECR 1797, paragraph 14).
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