48As is apparent from the settled case-law of the Court, the issuing of a residence card, such as that referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 2004/38, to a third-country national, must be regarded not as a measure giving rise to rights, but as a measure by a Member State serving to prove the individual position of such a national in light of the provisions of EU law (see, to that effect, judgments of 21 July 2011, Dias, C‑325/09, EU:C:2011:498, paragraph 48, and of 12 March 2014, O. and B., C‑456/12, EU:C:2014:135, paragraph 60).
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