49Those directives in fact pursue an objective of protecting employees. In accordance with the second recital of Directive 77/187 and recital 3 of Directive 2001/23, and according to the very title of those directives, the purpose thereof is to protect employees in the event of a change of employer, in particular to ensure that their rights are safeguarded, which the Court has repeatedly pointed out (see, to that effect, judgments of 19 May 1992, Redmond Stichting, C‑29/91, EU:C:1992:220, paragraph 11; of 12 November 1992, Watson Rask and Christensen, C‑209/91, EU:C:1992:436, paragraph 26; of 14 April 1994, Schmidt, C‑392/92, EU:C:1994:134, paragraph 15; and of 15 December 2005, Güney‑Görres and Demir, C‑232/04 and C‑233/04, EU:C:2005:778, paragraph 40).
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