45In that connection, the Court has already held that, although the European Union is not bound by an international agreement, the fact that all its Member States are contracting parties to it is liable to have consequences for the interpretation of European Union law, in particular the provisions of secondary law which fall within the field of application of such an agreement. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the Court to interpret those provisions taking account of the latter (see, to that effect, Intertanko and Others, paragraphs 49 to 52).
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