20As to whether the time-limit in the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of the Directive is indicative or mandatory, it should be observed, as the Advocate General did at point 36 of his Opinion, that it follows from both the wording and the scheme of that provision that the time-limit in question must be regarded as mandatory.
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