71Similarly, as regards the need to prevent a possible disruption of the capital market, it is sufficient to note, as the Commission does, that this objective constitutes an economic ground which, in accordance with settled case-law, cannot justify a restriction on the free movement of capital (see, inter alia, Commission v Portugal, paragraph 52).
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