50In that context, it should be noted that Article 49 EC requires not only the elimination of all discrimination on grounds of nationality against providers of services who are established in another Member State, but also the abolition of any restriction – even if it applies to national providers of services and to those of other Member States alike – which is liable to prohibit, to impede or to render less advantageous the activities of a provider of services established in another Member State in which he lawfully provides similar services (see, to that effect, inter alia, Case C-58/98 Corsten [2000] ECR I-7919, paragraph 33, and Case C-42/07 Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional and Bwin International [2009] ECR I-7633, paragraph 51 and the case-law cited).
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