63Thus, the obligation on a national court to refer to the content of a framework decision when it interprets and applies the relevant rules of its national law is limited by the general principles of law, in particular, the principles of legal certainty and non-retroactivity (see judgments of 16 June 2005, Pupino, C‑105/03, EU:C:2005:386, paragraph 44, and 5 September 2012, Lopes Da Silva Jorge, C‑42/11, EU:C:2012:517, paragraph 55).
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