56As to that submission, the principle of legal certainty prevents directives from creating obligations for individuals. For them, the provisions of a directive can only create rights (see Case 152/84 Marshall [1986] ECR 723, paragraph 48). Consequently, an individual may not rely on a directive against a Member State where it is a matter of a State obligation directly linked to the performance of another obligation falling, pursuant to that directive, on a third party (see, to this effect, Case C-221/88 Busseni [1990] ECR I-495, paragraphs 23 to 26, and Case C-97/96 Daihatsu Deutschland [1997] ECR I-6843, paragraphs 24 and 26).
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