91Secondly, it is common ground that, as is apparent from Article 3(2) of Directive 2000/31, read in conjunction with recital 8 of that directive, the objective of that directive is to ensure the freedom to provide information society services between Member States. That objective is pursued by way of a mechanism for monitoring measures capable of undermining it, which makes it possible for both the Commission and the Member State on whose territory the service provider in question is established to ensure that those measures are necessary in furtherance of overriding reasons in the general interest.
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