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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
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
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
OB 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)
In force
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. --------------------------------------------------