62Where it is unable to interpret national law in compliance with the requirements of EU law, the General Court, like the national court which is called upon to apply provisions of EU law, is under a duty to give full effect to those provisions, if necessary refusing of its own motion to apply any national legislation, even if adopted subsequently, which is contrary to a provision of EU law with direct effect (see, to that effect, judgment of 24 June 2019, Popławski, C‑573/17, EU:C:2019:530, paragraphs 58 and 61).
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