39As regards, in the first place, the scope of the Kolev judgment, it must be noted that, in point 2 of the operative part of that judgment, as is apparent from paragraphs 20 to 22 of the present judgment, the Court, in essence, specified the stage at which the benefit of procedural rights set out in Article 6(3) and Article 7(3) of Directive 2012/13 must be upheld, namely, in principle, at the latest before the criminal court commences examining the merits of the charges and before the commencement of any hearing of argument before it.
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