27However, in accordance with settled case-law, the need for a uniform application of EU law and the principle of equality require that the terms of a provision of EU law which makes no express reference to the law of the Member States for the purpose of determining its meaning and scope must normally be given an autonomous and uniform interpretation throughout the European Union, which must take into account the context of that provision and the purpose of the legislation in question (see, inter alia, judgments in Fish Legal and Shirley, C‑279/12, EU:C:2013:853, paragraph 42, and Deckmyn and Vrijheidsfonds, C‑201/13, EU:C:2014:2132, paragraph 14).
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