Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990

Article 2

Any of the courts referred to below may request the Court of Justice to give a preliminary ruling on a question raised in a case pending before it and concerning interpretation of the provisions contained in the instruments referred to in Article 1 if that court considers that a decision on the question is necessary to enable it to give judgment:

• (a) in Belgium:

  (a) la Cour de cassation (het Hof van Cassatie) and le Conseil d'Etat (de Raad van State),

• in Denmark:

  Højesteret,

• in the Federal Republic of Germany:

  die obersten Gerichtschöfe des Bundes,

• in Greece:

  τα ανωτατα Αικαστήρια,

• in Spain:

  el Tribunal Supremo,

• in France:

  la Cour de cassation and le Conseil d'Etat,

• in Ireland:

  the Supreme Court,

• in Italy:

  la Corte suprema di cassazione and il Consiglio di Stato,

• in Luxembourg:

  la Cour supérieure de Justice, when sitting as Cour de cassation,

• in the Netherlands:

  de Hoge Raad,

• in Portugal:

  o Supremo Tribunal de Justiça and o Supremo Tribunal Administrativo,

• in the United Kingdom:

  the House of Lords and other courts from which no further appeal is possible;

(b) the courts of the Contracting States when acting as appeal courts.