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Community law - Principles - Legal certainty and the protection of individuals - National legislation in an area governed by Community law - Need for unequivocal wording
The principles of legal certainty and the protection of individuals require, in areas covered by Community law, that the Member States' legal rules should be worded unequivocally so as to give the persons concerned a clear and precise understanding of their rights and obligations and enable national courts to ensure that those rights and obligations are observed .