Judgment_paragraph 71 · Criminal proceedings against V.S (C-205/21)

71Fourth, it should be noted that the obligation on a Member State, imposed by the third paragraph of Article 288 TFEU, to take all the measures necessary to achieve the result prescribed by a directive is binding on all the authorities of Member States including, for matters within their jurisdiction, the courts. It follows that, when national courts apply domestic law, they are bound to interpret it, so far as possible, in the light of the wording and the purpose of the relevant directive in order to achieve the result sought by the directive (see, to that effect, judgment of 7 November 2019, Profi Credit Polska, C‑419/18 and C‑483/18, EU:C:2019:930, paragraphs 73 and 75 and the case-law cited).