39However, according to the Court’s well-established case-law, national measures capable of hindering the exercise of the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Treaty or of making it less attractive may be allowed only if they pursue a legitimate objective in the public interest, are appropriate to ensuring the attainment of that objective, and do not go beyond what is necessary to attain the objective pursued (see, inter alia, judgment in C‑296/12 Commission v Belgium, EU:C:2014:24, paragraph 32 and the case-law cited).
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