27According to the Court’s settled case-law, in interpreting a provision of European Union law such as the one at issue here, it is necessary to consider not only its wording but also its context and the objectives pursued by the rules of which it is part (see, inter alia, Case C-185/89 Velker International Oil Company [1990] ECR I-2561, paragraph 17, and Case C-116/10 Felgen and Bacino Charter Company [2010] ECR I-14187, paragraph 12 and the case-law cited).
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