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Document 11957E/PRO/CJ/20

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, TITLE III - PROCEDURE, ARTICLE 20

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/01/2003; Repealed and replaced by 12001C/PRO/02

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11957E/PRO/CJ/20

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, TITLE III - PROCEDURE, ARTICLE 20


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Article 20

In the cases governed by Article 177 of this Treaty , the decision of the Court or tribunal of a Member State which suspends its proceedings and refers a case to the Court shall be notified to the Court by the court or tribunal concerned . The decision shall then be notified by the Registrar of the Court to the parties , to the Member States and to the Commission , and also to the Council if the act the validity or interpretation of which is in dispute originates from the Council .

Within two months of this notification , the parties , the Member States , the Commission and , where appropriate , the Council , shall be entitled to submit statements of case or written observations to the Court .

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