47Next, as regards the question whether, as Mr El-Yassini claims, the Court's case-law concerning the rules governing the EEC-Turkey association should be applied, by analogy, to the present case, it must be noted that, according to settled case-law, an international treaty is to be interpreted not solely by reference to the terms in which it is worded but also in the light of its objectives. Article 31 of the Vienna Convention of 23 May 1969 on the Law of Treaties provides in that respect that a treaty is to be interpreted in good faith in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to its terms in their context and in the light of its object and purpose (see, to that effect, Opinion 1/91 [1991] ECR I-6079, paragraph 14, and Case C-312/91 Metalsa [1993] ECR I-3751, paragraph 12).
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