44It should be pointed out in that regard that it is settled case-law of the Court that Article 56 TFEU requires not only the elimination of all discrimination on grounds of nationality against providers of services which are established in another Member State but also the abolition of any restriction, even if it applies without distinction to national providers of services and to those of other Member States, which is liable to prohibit, impede or render less advantageous the activities of a provider of services established in another Member State where it lawfully provides similar services (see judgments in Commission v Luxembourg, C‑445/03, EU:C:2004:655, paragraph 20, and Commission v Austria, C‑168/04, EU:C:2006:595, paragraph 36).
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