97In that regard, it must be noted that the Court has previously held that every case in which the question arises as to whether a national procedural provision makes the application of EU law impossible or excessively difficult must be analysed by reference to the role of that provision in the procedure, its progress and its special features, viewed as a whole, before the various national bodies. In that context, it is necessary, inter alia, to take into consideration, where relevant, the protection of the rights of the defence, the principle of legal certainty and the proper conduct of the procedure (see, to that effect, judgments of 8 July 2010, Bulicke , C‑246/09, EU:C:2010:418, paragraph 35 and the case-law cited; of 8 September 2011, Rosado Santana , C‑177/10, EU:C:2011:557, paragraph 92; and of 20 October 2016, Danqua , C‑429/15, EU:C:2016:789, paragraph 42 and the case-law cited).
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