35Health protection, the control of epizootic diseases and the welfare of animals, objectives which overlap, constitute legitimate objectives in the public interest pursued by European Union legislation, as well as the completion in the sector concerned of the agricultural internal market (see, to that effect, as regards health protection, Case C-269/97 Commission v Council [2000] ECR I-2257, paragraph 48, and Joined Cases C-20/00 and C-64/00 Booker Aquaculture and Hydro Seafood [2003] ECR I-7411, paragraph 78, and, as regards the welfare of the animals, Joined Cases C-37/06 and C-58/06 Viamex Agrar Handel and ZVK [2008] ECR I-69, paragraph 22, and Case C-219/07 Nationale Raad van Dierenkwekers en Liefhebbers and Andibel [2008] ECR I-4475, paragraph 27).
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