64In addition, it is to be borne in mind that, in construing a provision of secondary European Union law, preference should as far as possible be given to the interpretation which renders the provision consistent with the general principles of European Union law and, more specifically, with the principle of legal certainty (C-1/02 Borgmann [2004] ECR I-3219, paragraph 30 and case-law cited).
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