19However, for the purposes of its interpretation, Article 12(a) of Directive 95/46 cannot be examined solely in the Dutch-language version: according to settled case-law, the need for the uniform application of an EU measure and, accordingly, for a uniform interpretation of that measure makes it impossible to consider one version of the text in isolation, but requires that it be interpreted on the basis of both the real intention of its author and the aim which the latter seeks to achieve, in the light, in particular, of the versions in all languages (see, inter alia, Case 29/69 Stauder [1969] ECR I-419, paragraph 3; Case C-280/04 Jyske Finans [2005] ECR I-10683, paragraph 31; and Case C-445/09 IMC Securities [2011] ECR I-5917, paragraph 25).
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