68Thus, as dictated by the requirements of both the uniform application of EU law and the principle of equality, those concepts must be regarded as autonomous concepts of EU law which must be interpreted in a uniform manner throughout the territory of the European Union, with account being taken not only of the wording of that provision, but also of the context in which it occurs and the objectives pursued by the rules of which it is part (see, to that effect, judgments of 1 March 2012, González Alonso, C‑166/11, EU:C:2012:119, paragraph 25, and of 31 May 2018, Länsförsäkringar Sak Försäkringsaktiebolag and Others, C‑542/16, EU:C:2018:369, paragraph 49).
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