36Article 21(1) TFEU and Directive 2004/38 do not confer any autonomous right on third-country nationals (see, to that effect, Case C‑40/11 Iida [2012] ECR, paragraph 66, and Case C‑87/12 Ymeraga and Ymeraga-Tafarshiku [2013] ECR, paragraph 34). Any rights conferred on third-country nationals by provisions of EU law on Union citizenship are rights derived from the exercise of freedom of movement by a Union citizen (see Iida, paragraph 67; Ymeraga and Ymeraga-Tafarshiku, paragraph 35; and Case C‑86/12 Alokpa and Others [2013] ECR, paragraph 22).
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