49That said, the prohibition laid down by Article 49 TFEU is not infringed by national legislation applicable to all operators carrying on business on national territory the purpose of which is not to regulate the conditions concerning the establishment of the economic operators concerned and the potential restrictive effects of which on the freedom of establishment are too uncertain and indirect for the obligation laid down by it to be regarded as being capable of hindering that freedom (see, to that effect, judgments of 20 June 1996, Semeraro Casa Uno and Others, C‑418/93 to C‑421/93, C‑460/93 to C‑462/93, C‑464/93, C‑9/94 to C‑11/94, C‑14/94, C‑15/94, C‑23/94, C‑24/94 and C‑332/94, EU:C:1996:242, paragraph 32, and of 6 October 2022, Contship Italia, C‑433/21 and C‑434/21, EU:C:2022:760, paragraph 45).
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