72In the case in the main proceedings, it is for the referring court to interpret, using methods recognised by national law, the Slovak provisions at the date the agreement concerned was entered into, namely 30 May 2011, in so far as possible in accordance with Directive 2008/48 as interpreted by the judgment of 9 November 2016, Home Credit Slovakia (C‑42/15, EU:C:2016:842). That court cannot validly consider that it is impossible for it to interpret a provision of national law in conformity with EU law merely because those provisions have been interpreted by the Slovak courts in a manner that is incompatible with that law (see, to that effect, judgments of 5 September 2019, Pohotovost’, C‑331/18, EU:C:2019:665, paragraphs 54 and 55, and of 5 March 2020, OPR-Finance, C‑679/18, EU:C:2020:167, paragraphs 42 and 44).
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