45However, in accordance with the Court’s case-law, the freedom to conduct a business is not absolute, but must be viewed in relation to its social function (see, to that effect, Joined Cases C-184/02 and C-223/02 Spain and Finland v Parliament and Council [2004] ECR I-7789, paragraphs 51 and 52, and Case C-544/10 Deutsches Weintor [2012] ECR, paragraph 54 and the case-law cited).
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