97According to settled case‑law, those fundamental rights do not, however, enjoy, under European Union law, absolute protection, but must be viewed in relation to their function in society (see, to that effect, Kadi, paragraph 355). Consequently, the exercise of those rights may be restricted, provided that those restrictions correspond to objectives of public interest pursued by the European Union and do not constitute, in relation to the aim pursued, a disproportionate and intolerable interference, impairing the very substance of the rights thus guaranteed (see, to that effect, Case C-84/95 Bosphorus [1996] ECR I-3953, paragraph 21; Kadi, paragraph 355; Bank Melli Iran v Council, paragraphs 89, 113 and 114; and Al-Aqsa v Council, paragraph 121).
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