21In the first place, although it is true that a reading of Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 87/344 does not make it possible, in itself, to determine the full significance of the words ‘where recourse is had to a lawyer … the insured person shall be free to choose such lawyer or other person’, the fact remains that, in interpreting a provision of EU law it is necessary to consider not only its wording but also the context in which it occurs and the objects of the rules of which it is part (Eschig, paragraph 38).
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