The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1 Requests made by the court to the European Court E+W

68.3.— (1) Any request made by the court to the European Court that—

(a) one or more persons or entities concerned by the case be granted anonymity;

(b) the reference be determined pursuant to the expedited preliminary ruling procedure;

(c) the reference be determined pursuant to the urgent preliminary ruling procedure; or

(d) the reference be given priority over other cases,

must be made in a document separate from the [F2 reference] or in a covering letter accompanying the [F2 reference].

(2) Any such request must state the provision of the European Court Procedure Rules on which it is based and the matters of fact and law on which it is based. In the case of a request that the reference be determined pursuant to the urgent preliminary ruling procedure, it must also, so far as possible, indicate the answer that the court proposes to the question referred.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 68 substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 28, Sch.

F2 Word in rule 68.3(1) substituted (6.4.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2, 12(2) (with rule 13(4))