27With regard to the differences which, according to the referring court, exist in some of the language versions of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 44/2001 on account of additional elements which have been added, in particular in the Slovenian-language version, to the concept of ‘profession’, it must be recalled that, in accordance with settled case-law, the wording used in one language version of a provision of EU law cannot serve as the sole basis for the interpretation of that provision or be given priority over the other language versions in that regard. The need for uniform application and, therefore, for uniform interpretation of an EU measure precludes one version of the text being considered in isolation, but requires that the measure be interpreted by reference to the general scheme and purpose of the rules of which it forms part (judgment of 8 June 2017, Sharda Europe, C‑293/16, EU:C:2017:430, paragraph 21 and the case-law cited).
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