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Document 12006E234

Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version)
Part Five - Institutions of the Community
TITLE I - Provisions governing the institutions
Chapter 1 - The institutions
Section 4 - The Court of Justice
Article 234

OJ C 321E, 29.12.2006, p. 147–148 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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12006E234

Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) - Part Five - Institutions of the Community - TITLE I - Provisions governing the institutions - Chapter 1 - The institutions - Section 4 - The Court of Justice - Article 234

Official Journal C 321 E , 29/12/2006 P. 0147 - 0148
Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0127 - Consolidated version
Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0273 - Consolidated version
Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0063 - Consolidated version
(EEC Treaty - no official publication available)


Article 234

The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings concerning:

(a) the interpretation of this Treaty;

(b) the validity and interpretation of acts of the institutions of the Community and of the ECB;

(c) the interpretation of the statutes of bodies established by an act of the Council, where those statutes so provide.

Where such a question is raised before any court or tribunal of a Member State, that court or tribunal may, if it considers that a decision on the question is necessary to enable it to give judgment, request the Court of Justice to give a ruling thereon.

Where any such question is raised in a case pending before a court or tribunal of a Member State against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law, that court or tribunal shall bring the matter before the Court of Justice.

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