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[F1Article 2
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F1Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2001) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1824), arts. 1, 8(2), Sch. 2
The following courts may request the Court of Justice to give preliminary rulings on questions of interpretaton—
1U.K.—
in Belgium: la Cour de Cassation—het Hof van Cassatie and le Conseil d’État—de Raad van State,
— in Denmark: højesteret,
— in the Federal Republic of Germany: die obersten Gerichtshöfe des Bundes,
— in Greece: theανωταταδικαστηρια,
— in Spain: el Tribunal Supremo,
— in France: la Cour de Cassation and le Conseil d’État,
— in Ireland: the Supreme Court,
— in Italy: la Corte Suprema di Cassazione,
— in Luxembourg: la Cour Supérieure de Justice when sitting as Cour de Cassation,
— in Austria: the Oberste Gerichtshof, the Verwaltungsgerichtshof and the Verfassungsgerichtshof,
— in the Netherlands: de Hoge Raad,
— in Portugal: o Supremo Tribunal de Justicça and o Supremo Tribunal Administrativo.
— in Finland: Korkein oikeus/högsta domstolen and korkein hallintooikeus/högsta förvaltningsdomstolen,
— in Sweden: Högsta domstolen, Regeringsrätten, Arbetsdomstolen and Marknadsdomstolen.
— 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.
2U.K.The courts of the Contracting States when they are sitting in an appellate capacity.
3U.K.In the cases provided for in Article 37 of the Convention, the courts referred to in that Article.]
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