SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 2 TEXT OF 1971 PROTOCOL, AS AMENDED
Article 2
The following courts may request the Court of Justice to give preliminary rulings on questions of interpretation—
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in Belgium: la Cour de Cassation—het Hof van Cassatie and le Conseil d’État—de Raad van State,
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in Denmark: højesteret,
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in the Federal Republic of Germany: die obersten Gerichtshöfe des Bundes,
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in Greece: the anwtata dikasthria,
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in Spain: el Tribunal Supremo,
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in France: la Cour de Cassation and le Conseil d’État,
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in Ireland: the Supreme Court,
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in Italy: la Corte Suprema di Cassazione,
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in Luxembourg: la Cour supérieure de Justice when sitting as Cour de Cassation,
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in the Netherlands: de Hoge Raad,
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in Portugal: o Supremo Tribunal de Justiça and o Supremo Tribunal Adminstrativo,
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in the United Kingdom: the House of Lords and courts to which application has been made under the second paragraph of Article 37 or under Article 41 of the Convention.
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The courts of the Contracting States when they are sitting in an appellate capacity.
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In the cases provided for in Article 37 of the Convention, the courts referred to in that Article.
Sch. 2 substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1990/2591, art. 12(2), Sch. 2