73The Court has, however, also consistently ruled that a directive cannot of itself impose obligations on an individual and cannot therefore be relied on as such against that individual (see, inter alia, Joined Cases C-397/01 to C-403/01 Pfeiffer and Others [2004] ECR I-8835, paragraph 108 and the case-law there cited).
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