48In response to that argument, first, the Court held that the provisions of a directive must be implemented with unquestionable binding force, and the specificity, precision and clarity necessary to satisfy the requirements of legal certainty (judgment of 5 September 2019, Commission v Portugal (Designation and protection of special areas of conservation), C‑290/18, EU:C:2019:669, paragraph 35).
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