45However, although the Member States have a broad discretion in relation to the rules for the bringing of the action for damages provided for in Article 6 of that directive, in accordance with the principle of institutional and procedural autonomy, that principle must nevertheless be applied in compliance with the principles of equivalence and effectiveness, in order to preserve the effectiveness of the applicable provisions of EU law (see, by analogy, judgment of 19 December 2013, Hirmann, C‑174/12, EU:C:2013:856, paragraph 40).
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