46Finally, every provision of EU law must be placed in its context and interpreted in the light of the provisions of EU law as a whole, regard being had to the objectives thereof and to its state of evolution at the date on which the provision in question is to be applied (judgment of 6 October 1982, Cilfit and Others, 283/81, EU:C:1982:335, paragraph 20, and of 28 July 2016, Association France Nature Environnement, C‑379/15, EU:C:2016:603, paragraph 49).
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