17Therefore, the legislation not having been harmonised, obstacles to the free movement of goods which are the consequence of applying, to goods coming from other Member States where they are lawfully manufactured and marked, rules that lay down requirements to be met by such goods constitute measures having equivalent effect prohibited by Article 34 TFEU. This is so even if those rules apply without distinction to all products unless their application can be justified by a public-interest objective taking precedence over the free movement of goods (see Case 220/81 Robertson and Others [1982] ECR 2349, paragraph 9; Case C-293/93 Houtwipper [1994] ECR I-4249 paragraph 11; and Case C-30/99 Commission v Ireland [2001] ECR I-4619, paragraph 26).
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