Although the Directive was not yet applicable ratio temporis to the case, it seems worthwhile to mention a ruling from 13 November 2018, in case C-33/17, Čepelnik, where the Court of Justice of the European Union held that Article 56 Treaty on the Functioning of the EU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State under which the competent authorities can order a commissioning party established in that Member State to suspend payments to his contractor established in another Member State.
Iako Direktiva još nije bila primjenjiva ratio temporis na taj predmet, čini se korisnim spomenuti presudu od 13. studenoga 2018. u predmetu C-33/17, Čepelnik, u kojoj je Sud Europske unije presudio da članak 56.