Judgment_paragraph 25 · M v Minister for Justice and Equality Ireland and the Attorney General (C-560/14)

25That said, since the right to be heard forms an integral part of the rights of the defence, the observance of which constitutes a general principle of EU law, when the authorities of the Member States take measures which fall within the scope of EU law, they are, as a rule, subject to the obligation to observe the right to be heard enjoyed by addressees of decisions which significantly affect their interests, even where the applicable legislation does not expressly provide for such a procedural requirement (see, to that effect, judgments of 5 November 2014, Mukarubega, C‑166/13, EU:C:2014:2336, paragraphs 49 and 50, and of 11 December 2014, Boudjlida, C‑249/13, EU:C:2014:2431, paragraphs 39 and 40).