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Preliminary rulings - Costs - Payment - Application of domestic law rules - Conditions - Limits

(Art. 234 EC; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 104(5))

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$$Article 104(5) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, in codified version 1999/C 65/01 of 6 March 1999, is to be interpreted as meaning that payment of the costs incurred by the parties to the main proceedings for the purposes of the procedure under Article 234 EC for obtaining a preliminary ruling is governed by the domestic law rules applicable to the proceedings before the national court, provided that those rules are not less favourable than those applicable to similar procedural steps which may be taken in such proceedings in accordance with national law.

( see para. 32 and operative part )