52In accordance with settled case-law, the national courts whose task it is to apply the provisions of EU law in areas within their jurisdiction must ensure that those rules take full effect and must protect the rights which they confer on individuals (judgment of 6 June 2013, Donau Chemie and Others, C‑536/11, EU:C:2013:366, paragraph 22 and the case-law cited). It is those courts which are entrusted with ensuring the legal protection which citizens derive from the direct effect of the provisions of EU law (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 December 1976, Rewe-Zentralfinanz and Rewe-Zentral, 33/76, EU:C:1976:188, paragraph 5).
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