67However, as the Advocate General noted in points 59 and 60 of his Opinion, the use of the expression ‘at least’ in Article 12(2) of the Sixth Directive indicates that that article provides for a minimum system of protection for the interests of the creditors of the companies involved in a division whose claims antedate publication of the draft terms of division and have not yet fallen due at the time of such publication. Therefore, that paragraph does not prevent the Member States from providing for tools for protecting the interests of those additional creditors in relation to those claims.
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