75In that regard, it should be noted that, as the Republic of Austria argues, it is for the Member States to define their essential security interests and, in the present case, for the Austrian authorities to define the security measures necessary for the protection of the public security of that Member State in the context of the printing of identity documents and other official documents such as those at issue in the present case (see, by analogy, judgment of 16 October 2003, Commission v Belgium, C‑252/01, EU:C:2003:547, paragraph 30).
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