61It should be observed, first of all, that Article 37(17) of Directive 2009/72 and Article 41(17) of Directive 2009/73 require Member States to ensure that suitable mechanisms exist at national level under which a party affected by a decision of a regulatory authority has a right of appeal to a body independent of the parties involved and of the government. That requirement is a corollary of the principle of effective judicial protection, which is a general principle of EU law deriving from the shared constitutional traditions of the Member States and enshrined in Article 47 of the Charter (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 December 2011, Chalkor v Commission, C‑386/10 P, EU:C:2011:815, paragraph 52).
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