87In so far as limitation periods of three years (judgment of 15 April 2010, Barth, C‑542/08, EU:C:2010:193, paragraph 28) or two years (judgment of 15 December 2011, Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta, C‑427/10, EU:C:2011:844, paragraph 25) have been found, in the case-law of the Court, to be consistent with the principle of effectiveness, it must be held that a five-year limitation period applicable to an action to assert the restitutory effects of a finding that an unfair term is void does not, in principle, and subject to an assessment by the national court of the factors referred to in paragraph 85 of this judgment, appear to be such as to render the exercise of the rights conferred by Directive 93/13 practically impossible or excessively difficult.
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