... the cornerstone of European Community Law and is invoked under Article 234 E.C (appendix 1). Under this procedure the Court of Justice has the task of ensuring the uniform interpretation and correct application of European Community law by the courts in the member states. This task is the most important and influential task that the Court of Justice has to undertake, hearing cases which it does not decide upon, which arise in legal systems under which it has no jurisdiction; concerning the validity of legal rules of which it has no knowledge and argued before it in a language which most of the judges do not understand. Under this procedure any of the member states courts may request that the Court of Justice provide a ruling on a question of interpretation as regards to the Treaties or may perhaps even question the interpretation or validity of other Community institutions. Questions of ...

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