setting GP Link failure

I'm trying to connect several group policies to their OU via Powershell

the command used is

New-GPLink -Name $line.Displayname -Target $line.Target -LinkEnabled $LinkEnable  -Order $line.Order

where the viariables are read from a csv file

The command fails with the following error

New-GPLink : A referral was returned from the server.
At D:\Scripts\LinkGPO.ps1:17 char:1
+ New-GPLink -Name $line.Displayname -Target $line.Target -LinkEnabled ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-GPLink], DirectoryServicesCOMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException,Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Commands.NewGPLinkCommand

I also tried the same command with the explicit path and names but it fails as well

connecting it via the Group Policy Management works indeed

any help ?