35Thus, Member States may not introduce new taxes or make changes to existing taxes which have the purpose or effect of discouraging the sale of imported products in favour of the sale of similar products available on the domestic market which had been placed on that market before those taxes or changes entered into force (see, to that effect, Tatu, paragraph 53).
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