122Last, it is clear from settled case-law that national legislation which constitutes a measure having equivalent effect to quantitative restrictions can be justified on one of the grounds of public interest laid down in Article 36 TFEU or by imperative requirements. In either case, the provision of national law must be appropriate for securing the attainment of the objective pursued and must not go beyond what is necessary in order to attain it (judgments of 6 September 2012, Commission v Belgium, C‑150/11, EU:C:2012:539, paragraph 53 and the case-law cited, and of 12 November 2015, Visnapuu, C‑198/14, EU:C:2015:751, paragraph 110).
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