24In second place, as the European Commission argues, it must be noted that the objective pursued by Directive 87/344, in particular Article 4 thereof, broadly to protect the interests of insured persons (see, to that effect, Eschig, paragraph 45) is incompatible with a restrictive interpretation of Article 4(1)(a) of that directive, such as that proposed by DAS.
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