34Thus, an interpretation by the Court of provisions of EU law in situations outside its scope is justified where those provisions have been made applicable to such situations by national law in a direct and unconditional way in order to ensure that internal situations and situations governed by EU law are treated in the same way (see, to that effect, judgments of 18 October 2012, Nolan, C‑583/10, EU:C:2012:638, paragraph 47; of 7 November 2013, Romeo, C‑313/12, EU:C:2013:718, paragraphs 22 and 23; and of 14 January 2016, Ostas celtnieks, C‑234/14, EU:C:2016:6, paragraph 20).
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