21It should be noted that the Court has consistently held that it follows from the need for a uniform application of EU law, and the principle of equality, that the terms of a provision of EU law, which make 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 the provision and the objective pursued by the legislation in question (judgments in Deckmyn and Vrijheidsfonds, C‑201/13, EU:C:2014:2132, paragraph 14 and the case-law cited, and Modelo Continente Hipermercados, C‑343/13, EU:C:2015:146, paragraph 27 and the case-law cited).
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