35More specifically, it is incorrect to take the view, as the national court appears to do, that the setting of a time-limit for lodging applications is per se incompatible with the principle of effectiveness solely because it will necessarily mean that employees who fail to comply with the time-limit will not in fact benefit from the protection introduced by Directive 80/987 (see, to that effect, Case C-78/98 Preston and Others [2000] ECR I-3201, paragraph 34).
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