51Although the obligation on the national courts to refer to EU law when they interpret and apply the relevant rules of national law is limited by general principles of law, and although that obligation cannot serve as the basis for an interpretation of national law contra legem, the requirement to interpret national law in conformity with EU law does, however, entail the obligation for national courts to change established case-law, where necessary, if it is based on an interpretation of national law that is incompatible with the objectives of a directive (see, to that effect, judgment of 19 April 2016, DI, C‑441/14, EU:C:2016:278, paragraphs 32 and 33 and the case-law cited).
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