39The Court has consistently held that such a restriction on a fundamental freedom guaranteed by the Treaty may be justified only where it serves overriding reasons relating to the general interest, is suitable for securing the attainment of the objective which it pursues and does not go beyond what is necessary in order to attain it (see, inter alia, Case C-398/95 SETTG [1997] ECR I-3091, paragraph 21; Case C-6/98 ARD [1999] ECR I-7599, paragraphs 50 and 51; and Cipolla and Others, paragraph 61).
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