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Document 11992E177

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
PART FIVE: INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY
TITLE I: PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS
SECTION 4: THE COURT OF JUSTICE
ARTICLE 177

/* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */

OJ C 224, 31.8.1992, p. 63 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT)

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11992E177

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART FIVE: INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY - TITLE I: PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS - CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS - SECTION 4: THE COURT OF JUSTICE - ARTICLE 177 /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */

Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0063


Article 177

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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