Judgment_paragraph 67 · Criminal proceedings against Ognyanov (C-554/14)

67Against that background, it must be made clear that the requirement to interpret national law in conformity with EU law includes the obligation, on national courts, including those ruling as courts of last instance, to alter, where necessary, settled case-law if that case-law is based on an interpretation of national law that is incompatible with the objectives of a framework decision (see, by analogy, judgments of 19 April 2016, DI, C‑441/14, EU:C:2016:278, paragraph 33, and 5 July 2016, Ognyanov, C‑614/14, EU:C:2016:514, paragraph 35).