23According to the Court’s settled case-law, for the purpose of interpreting a provision of EU law, it is necessary to consider not only its wording but also the context in which it occurs and the objectives pursued by the rules of which it is part (see, inter alia, judgments of 17 November 1983 in Merck, 292/82, EU:C:1983:335, paragraph 12; 4 May 2010 in TNT Express Nederland, C‑533/08, EU:C:2010:243, paragraph 44; and 17 March 2016 in Liffers, C‑99/15, EU:C:2016:173, paragraph 14).
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