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5 ACCORDINGLY , IT MUST BE HELD THAT THE RULES AT ISSUE ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IF THEY IMPEDE INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE , UNLESS THEY ARE JUSTIFIED ON ANY OF THE GROUNDS MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 36 OF THE TREATY .
6 AS REGARDS THE EFFECT OF THE CONTESTED MEASURES ON INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE , THE GREEK GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT THEY DO NOT IMPEDE THE PATTERNS OF TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES . IT MAINTAINS THAT SINCE THE MEASURES HAVE BEEN IN FORCE THE VOLUME OF FRESH BEEF AND VEAL IMPORTED FROM OTHER MEMBER STATES IN FACT HAS INCREASED .
7 IN THAT CONNECTION , HOWEVER , IT MUST BE BORNE IN MIND THAT , AS THE COURT HAS CONSISTENTLY HELD , IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PROVE THAT THE MEASURES IN QUESTION ACTUALLY RESTRICT IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ; IT IS ENOUGH THAT THE MEASURES HAVE A POTENTIAL EFFECT ON IMPORTS WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE TAKE PLACE ( JUDGMENT OF 20 FEBRUARY 1975 IN CASE 12/74 COMMISSION V GERMANY ( 1975 ) ECR 181 , AND JUDGMENT OF 24 NOVEMBER 1982 IN CASE 249/81 COMMISSION V IRELAND ( 1982 ) ECR 4005 ). IT IS CLEAR FROM THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY GREEK TRADERS TO WHICH THE COMMISSION REFERS THAT WITHOUT THE MEASURES IN QUESTION TRADE BETWEEN GREECE AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES WOULD BE FACILITATED AND MIGHT EVEN INCREASE .
8 CONSEQUENTLY , THAT ARGUMENT OF THE GREEK GOVERNMENT MUST BE REJECTED .
9 THE GREEK GOVERNMENT ALSO JUSTIFIES THE RULES AT ISSUE IN TERMS OF THE NEED TO CONTROL TRANSFERS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY AND TO COMBAT FRAUDULENT PRACTICES ON THE PART OF GREEK IMPORTERS . IT MAINTAINS THAT GREEK IMPORTERS HAVE OFTEN MIXED INFERIOR-QUALITY CUTS OF MEAT WITH GOOD-QUALITY CUTS AND DECLARED AND INVOICED THE RESULTING CONSIGNMENTS AS CONSISTING ENTIRELY OF SUPERIOR-QUALITY MEAT . THESE PRACTICES HAVE ENABLED IMPORTERS BOTH TO TRANSFER ABROAD MORE FOREIGN CURRENCY THAN WAS NECESSARY TO PURCHASE THE MEAT AND ALSO TO SELL MEAT IN GREECE AT EXCESSIVE PRICES TO THE DETRIMENT OF CONSUMERS .
10 MORE SPECIFICALLY , THE GREEK GOVERNMENT PUTS FORWARD THE FOLLOWING ARGUMENTS . FIRSTLY , IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MEASURES IN QUESTION THE GREEK AUTHORITIES WOULD HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES IN OBSERVING PRICE FORMATION IN RESPECT OF THE VARIOUS CUTS OF MEAT AND IN CHECKING THE VARIOUS CONSIGNMENTS OF MEAT . SECONDLY , THE MEASURES ARE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO COMBAT ILLEGAL CURRENCY FLIGHT . THIRDLY , IT ARGUES MORE GENERALLY AND BY REFERENCE TO THE COURT ' S JUDGMENT OF 31 JANUARY 1984 IN JOINED CASES 286/82 AND 26/83 LUISI AND CARBONE V MINISTERO DEL TESORO , ( 1984 ) ECR 377 , THAT SINCE THE MEASURES HAVE THE SOLE OBJECTIVE OF VERIFYING THAT FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS ARE NOT USED FOR A PURPOSE OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH THEY WERE AUTHORIZED , THEY DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE SPHERE OF THE FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS .