Judgment_paragraph 21 · Renato Collino and Luisella Chiappero v Telecom Italia SpA (C-343/98)

21However, when applying national law, whether adopted before or after the directive, the national court having to interpret that law must do so, as far as possible, in the light of the wording and the purpose of the directive so as to achieve the result it has in view and thereby comply with the third paragraph of Article 189 of the EC Treaty (now the third paragraph of Article 249 EC) (see, inter alia, Faccini Dori, paragraph 26, and Case C-63/97 BMW v Deenik [1999] ECR I-905, paragraph 22).

Renato Collino and Luisella Chiappero v Telecom Italia SpA (C-343/98)

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