Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1990/2591, art. 12(2), Sch. 2
The following courts may request the Court of Justice to give preliminary rulings on questions of interpretation—
1—0in Belgium: la Cour de Cassation—het Hof van Cassatie and le Conseil d’État—de Raad van State,
—0in Denmark: højesteret,
—0in the Federal Republic of Germany: die obersten Gerichtshöfe des Bundes,
—0in Greece: the anwtata dikasthria,
—0in Spain: el Tribunal Supremo,
—0in France: la Cour de Cassation and le Conseil d’État,
—0in Ireland: the Supreme Court,
—0in Italy: la Corte Suprema di Cassazione,
—0in Luxembourg: la Cour supérieure de Justice when sitting as Cour de Cassation,
—0in the Netherlands: de Hoge Raad,
—0in Portugal: o Supremo Tribunal de Justiça and o Supremo Tribunal Adminstrativo,
—0in 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.
2The courts of the Contracting States when they are sitting in an appellate capacity.
3In the cases provided for in Article 37 of the Convention, the courts referred to in that Article.