74In that regard, a Member State which, like the Federal Republic of Germany in this case, relies on an overriding reason relating to the public interest in order to justify a measure that it has adopted must submit specific evidence substantiating its arguments (see, to that effect, judgment of 23 January 2014, Commission v Belgium, C‑296/12, EU:C:2014:24, paragraph 33 and the case-law cited).
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