34As regards, first, the wording of Article 23(c) of Regulation No 805/2004, it is clear from the very terms contained in that provision, in particular from the use of the verb ‘may’ and the adjective ‘exceptional’, that, while leaving to the courts or authorities of the Member State of enforcement a margin of discretion in assessing the need to suspend the enforcement of a judgment certified as a European Enforcement Order, the EU legislature intended to limit that discretion by establishing the existence of circumstances which it has identified as being ‘exceptional’, with the result that that provision must be interpreted strictly (see, by analogy, judgment of 22 October 2015, Thomas Cook Belgium, C‑245/14, EU:C:2015:715, paragraph 31 and the case-law cited).
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