27In that regard, the Court has already held that where such an operation relates to a plant protection product which has already been authorised in accordance with Directive 91/414 in the exporting Member State and in the importing Member State, that product cannot be regarded as being placed on the market for the first time in the importing Member State. It is not therefore necessary, for the purpose of protecting human and animal health and the environment, to make parallel importers subject to the marketing authorisation procedure laid down by that directive, given that the competent authorities in the importing Member State already have all the information necessary for the exercise of that scrutiny. To make the product to be imported subject to the marketing authorisation procedure would go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives of Directive 91/414 as to the protection of public and animal health and of the environment and may, without justification, run counter to the principle of the free movement of goods laid down in Article 34 TFEU (see judgments in British Agrochemicals Association, C‑100/96, EU:C:1999:192, paragraph 32, and Commission v France, EU:C:2008:104, paragraph 34).
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