76It follows that EU law precludes a legal mechanism which does not fulfil that requirement and which consequently does not allow for the effective exercise of the rights to repayment and to the payment of interest guaranteed by EU law (see, to that effect, judgments of 18 April 2013, Irimie, C‑565/11, EU:C:2013:250, paragraph 29, and of 15 October 2014, Nicula, C‑331/13, EU:C:2014:2285, paragraphs 38 and 39).
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