44As the second subparagraph Article 1(1) of Directive 98/59 sets out the method of calculating ‘redundancies’ as defined in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1)(a) and the latter provision establishes the ‘redundancy’ thresholds below which the directive is not applicable, any other reading which has the effect of extending or restricting the scope of the directive would deprive the condition in question, namely that ‘there [be] at least five redundancies’, of any effectiveness.
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