41As regards, third, the interpretation of Recommendation 81/924, it must be recalled that, according to the case-law of the Court, even if recommendations are not intended to produce binding effects and are not capable of creating rights that individuals can rely on before a national court they are not without any legal effect. The national courts are bound to take recommendations into consideration in order to decide disputes submitted to them, in particular where they cast light on the interpretation of national measures adopted in order to implement them or where they are designed to supplement binding Community provisions (Case C-322/88 Grimaldi [1989] ECR 4407, paragraphs 7, 16 and 18).
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