29As regards failure to fulfil the obligations under Article 3(1) of Directive 2000/36 and Article (2)(1)(a) of Directive 2000/13, it should be stated first of all that, as the Commission has observed, Article 3 of Directive 2000/36 introduced full harmonisation of sales names for cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption, in order to guarantee the single nature of the internal market. The sales names listed in Annex I to Directive 2000/36 are, in accordance with Article 3(1) of that directive, both compulsory and reserved for the products listed in that annex. The addition of adjectives denoting quality is subject to compliance with the specific conditions laid down in Article 3(5) of Directive 2000/36. Furthermore, Article 4 of that directive provides that Member States must not adopt, for the products listed in Annex I, national provisions not provided for by Directive 2000/36 itself. Therefore, Article 3 of that directive carried out full harmonisation of the sales names of chocolate products, and the Italian Republic has not, moreover, disputed the binding nature of that harmonisation.
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