66Furthermore, as the Advocate General has pointed out in point 109 of his Opinion, such legislation enables the Member State concerned to supervise all financial transactions carried out by credit institutions in its territory, and whatever the manner in which those institutions have chosen to provide their services, whether by establishing a registered office or branch, or under the freedom to provide services. In this way, in accordance with the Court’s established case-law, which states that national legislation is appropriate for ensuring attainment of the aim pursued only if it genuinely reflects a concern to attain it in a consistent and systematic manner (Case C-169/07 Hartlauer [2009] ECR I-1721, paragraph 55), all the operators are subject to similar obligations, since they are carrying out their activities in the same national territory and offering similar financial services which may, to a greater or lesser degree, be used for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing.
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