40According to settled case-law, Article 90 EC must be interpreted widely so as to cover all taxation procedures which, directly or indirectly, undermine the equal treatment of domestic products and imported products. The prohibition laid down in that article must therefore apply whenever a fiscal charge is likely to discourage imports of goods originating in other Member States to the benefit of domestic production (Case 20/76 Schüttle [1977] ECR 247, paragraph 13; Case 252/86 Bergandi [1988] ECR 1343, paragraph 25, and the case-law cited, and Case C-45/94 Ayuntamiento de Ceuta [1995] ECR I-4385, paragraph 29).
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