41Nevertheless, it is apparent from the Court’s case-law that the principle of proportionality, which is the basis of the last sentence of Article 36 TFEU, requires that the power of the Member States to prohibit imports of products from other Member States be restricted to what is necessary in order to achieve the aims concerning the protection of health that are legitimately pursued. Therefore, national legislation or practice cannot benefit from the derogation laid down in Article 36 TFEU when the health and life of humans can be protected equally effectively by measures less restrictive of trade within the internal market (judgment of 10 September 2002, Ferring, C‑172/00, EU:C:2002:474, paragraph 34 and the case-law cited).
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