Judgment_paragraph 86 · Ligue des droits humains ASBL v Conseil des ministres (C-817/19)

86It should be noted as a preliminary point that, in accordance with a general principle of interpretation, an EU act must be interpreted, as far as possible, in such a way as not to affect its validity and in conformity with primary law as a whole and, in particular, with the provisions of the Charter Thus, if the wording of secondary EU legislation is open to more than one interpretation, preference should be given to the interpretation which renders the provision consistent with primary law rather than to the interpretation which leads to its being incompatible with primary law (judgment of 2 February 2021, Consob, C‑481/19, EU:C:2021:84, paragraph 50 and the case-law cited).