36In that regard, it should be noted that, in so far as the articles at issue in the main proceedings were subject to additional marking only as a supplement to a hallmark affixed by an independent assay office authorised by the Member State of exportation, in this case the Republic of Poland, that hallmark functions as a guarantee (see, to that effect, Houtwipper, paragraph 19).
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