64According to settled case-law, such restrictions on freedom of establishment are permissible only if, in the first place, they are justified by an overriding reason relating to the public interest and, in the second place, they comply with the principle of proportionality, which implies that they are suitable for securing, in a consistent and systematic manner, the attainment of the objective pursued and that they do not go beyond what is necessary in order to attain that objective (judgment of 7 September 2022, Cilevičs and Others, C‑391/20, EU:C:2022:638, paragraph 65 and the case-law cited).
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