99In the second place, it should be recalled that, in order to ensure the effectiveness of all provisions of EU law, the primacy principle requires, inter alia, national courts to interpret, to the greatest extent possible, their national law in conformity with EU law. However, the obligation to interpret national law consistently with EU law cannot serve as a basis for an interpretation of national law contra legem (judgments of 16 June 2005, Pupino, C‑105/03, EU:C:2005:386, paragraph 47, and of 8 March 2022, Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (Direct effect), C‑205/20, EU:C:2022:168, paragraphs 35 and 36 and the case-law cited).
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