39It should also be noted that the effectiveness of Article 267 TFEU would be impaired if the national court were prevented from forthwith applying EU law in accordance with the decision or the case-law of the Court (see, to that effect, judgment in Simmenthal, 106/77, EU:C:1978:49, paragraph 20).
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