39In any event, where the national legislature has, as in the present case, provided, with a view to penalising such an infringement, in addition to an administrative penalty, for a civil penalty from which the consumer concerned may benefit, that penalty must, in the light of the particular importance afforded by Directive 2008/48 to consumer protection, be implemented in compliance with the principle of effectiveness.
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