72As regards safeguarding the interests of the national economy, it is settled case-law that purely economic grounds, such as, in particular, promotion of the national economy or its proper functioning, cannot serve as justification for obstacles prohibited by the Treaty (see to that effect, in particular, judgments of 5 June 1997, SETTG , C‑398/95, EU:C:1997:282, paragraphs 22 and 23; of 6 June 2000, Verkooijen , C‑35/98, EU:C:2000:294, paragraphs 47 and 48; and of 4 June 2002, Commission v Portugal , C‑367/98, EU:C:2002:326, paragraph 52 and the case-law cited).
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