77The requirement of proportionality specifically requires verification that measures such as those at issue in the main proceedings, first, are appropriate for attaining the objective of general interest pursued, in this case the protection of public health, second, are limited to what is strictly necessary, in the sense that that objective could not reasonably be achieved in an equally effective manner by other means less prejudicial to the rights and freedoms guaranteed to the persons concerned, and, third, are not disproportionate to that objective, which implies, in particular, a balancing of the importance of the objective and the seriousness of the interference with those rights and freedoms (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 December 2022, Orde van Vlaamse Balies and Others, C‑694/20, EU:C:2022:963, paragraph 42 and the case-law cited).
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