22However, in that context, the Court has also held that a Member State may not require a fresh hallmark to be affixed to products imported from another Member State in which they have been lawfully marketed and hallmarked in accordance with the legislation of that State, where the information provided by the hallmark, in whatever form, is equivalent to that prescribed by the Member State of importation and intelligible to consumers of that State (see Robertson and Others, paragraph 12; Houtwipper, paragraph 15; and Commission v Ireland, paragraphs 30 and 69).
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