28As regards the principle of effectiveness, the Court has stated that it is compatible with European Union law to lay down reasonable time-limits for bringing proceedings in the interests of legal certainty which protects both the individual and the authorities concerned. Such time-limits are not liable to make it in practice impossible or excessively difficult to exercise the rights conferred by European Union law. In that regard, a national limitation period of three years appears to be reasonable (see, to that effect, Aprile, paragraph 19, and Case C-445/06 Danske Slagterier [2009] ECR I-2119, paragraph 32 and case-law cited).
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