25In a literal interpretation, it is necessary to examine the legal nature of the first and second subparagraphs and the nature of the relationship between them. In so doing it must be borne in mind that Community legislation is drafted in various languages and that the different language versions are all equally authentic; an interpretation of a provision of EU law thus involves a comparison of the different language versions (see, to that effect, the judgments of 6 October 1982 in Cilfit and Others, 283/81, ECR, EU:C:1982:335, paragraph 18, and 7 November 2007 in Germany v Commission, T‑374/04, ECR, EU:T:2007:332, paragraph 95).