39Second, there must be a pending lawsuit. In that regard, the Court has already held, relying on recital 30 of Directive 2001/24, that a distinction must be drawn between pending lawsuits and individual enforcement actions arising from those proceedings, and that the term ‘pending lawsuit’, within the meaning of Article 32 thereof, covers only proceedings on the merits (judgment of 24 October 2013, LBI, C‑85/12, EU:C:2013:697, paragraphs 53 and 54).
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