Judgment_paragraph 32 · Lapin elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskuksen liikenne ja infrastruktuuri -vastuualue v Lapin luonnonsuojelupiiri ry (C-358/11)

32As the Advocate General observed in point 55 of her Opinion, free movement in the internal market is ensured by the fact that, pursuant to Article 128(1) of the REACH Regulation, the Member States are under an obligation not to prohibit, restrict or impede the use of a substance, on its own, in a mixture or in an article which complies with the Regulation and, where appropriate, with Community acts adopted in implementation thereof. However, according to Article 128(2), there is nothing in the REACH Regulation to prevent Member States from maintaining or laying down national rules to protect workers, human health and the environment and applying in cases where that regulation does not harmonise the requirements on manufacture, placing on the market or use.