32It follows that the right of a worker to a paid minimum annual leave, guaranteed by European Union law, cannot be restricted on the ground that the worker could not fulfil his or her obligation to work during the reference period due to an illness (see, to that effect, judgment of 25 June 2020, Varhoven kasatsionen sad na Republika Bulgaria and Iccrea Banca SpA, C‑762/18 and C‑37/19, EU:C:2020:504, paragraph 63 and the case-law cited).
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