25In that regard, whilst it is established that EU law respects the power of the Member States to organise their social security systems and that, in the absence of harmonisation at EU level, it is for the legislation of each Member State to determine the conditions for the grant of social security benefits, the fact nevertheless remains that, when exercising that power, Member States must comply with EU law (see, to that effect, judgments in Watts, C‑372/04, EU:C:2006:325, paragraph 92 and the case-law cited, and Somova, C‑103/13, EU:C:2014:2334, paragraphs 33 to 35 and the case-law cited).
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