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as it imposes burdens on individuals, Community law is also intended to give rise to rights which become part of their legal patrimony. Those rights arise not only where they are expressly granted by the Treaty but also by virtue of obligations which the Treaty imposes in a clearly defined manner both on individuals and on the Member States and the
Community institutions (see the judgments in Case 26/62
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for CDN Elettronica SnC, was owed 6 million Lira, and Mrs
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34 The possibility of obtaining redress from the Member State is particularly indispensable where, as in this case, the full effectiveness of
Community rules is subject to prior action on the part of the State and where, consequently, in the absence of such action, individuals cannot enforce before
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