60Moreover, if, as pointed out by the referring court, such a distinguishing criterion stemmed, inter alia, from the interpretation of that legislation by a majority of the national courts, it is important to recall that, according to the Court’s settled case-law, the Member States’ obligation arising from a directive to achieve the result envisaged by that directive and their duty, under Article 4(3) TEU, to take all appropriate measures, whether general or particular, to ensure the fulfilment of that obligation are binding on all the authorities of the Member States, including, for matters within their jurisdiction, the courts (see judgment of 14 May 2019, CCOO, C‑55/18, EU:C:2019:402, paragraph 68 and the case-law cited).
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