64The Commission refers to the absence, in both the First and Second Directives, of any express provision obliging the Member States to require the body responsible for paying compensation to victims of damage or injury caused by unidentified vehicles to pay interest to them. However, on the basis of a purposive interpretation of that directive and having regard to the case-law of the Court relating to non-contractual liability of the Community (Case C-238/78 Ireks-Arkady v Council and Commission [1979] ECR 2955, paragraph 20, and Case C-308/87 Grifoni v EAEC [1994] ECR I-341, paragraph 40) and relating to equal treatment for men and women (Marshall, cited above, paragraph 31), it inclines towards the view that the award of interest, under the applicable national rules, must be regarded as an essential component of the compensation referred to in Article 1(4) of the Second Directive.
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