46The reply to the third question must therefore be that Community law does not enable individuals to rely before the courts or tribunals of an EFTA State which has acceded to the European Union on rights derived directly from Directive 80/987, or for that State to be held liable for damage caused to them by failure to transpose the directive correctly, where the events which give rise to the operation of the guarantee provided for in the directive occurred prior to the date of accession.
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