47Secondly, it should be pointed out that, according to settled case-law, just as it imposes burdens on individuals, European Union law is also intended to give rise to rights which become part of their legal heritage. Those rights arise not only where they are expressly granted by the Treaties but also by virtue of obligations which they impose in a clearly defined manner both on individuals and on the Member States and the EU institutions (judgments of 20 September 2001, Courage and Crehan, C‑453/99, EU:C:2001:465, paragraph 19, and of 6 June 2013, Donau Chemie and Others, C‑536/11, EU:C:2013:366, paragraph 20).
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