37It is apparent from recitals 3 and 4 in the preamble to Directive 2004/38 that the aim of the directive is to remedy the sector-by-sector piecemeal approach to the right of freedom of movement and residence in order to facilitate the exercise of this right by providing a single legislative act codifying and revising the instruments of European Union law which preceded the directive.
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