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PART 75REQUEST TO THE EUROPEAN COURT FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING

When this Part applies

75.1.  This Part applies where the court can request the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘the European Court’) to give a preliminary ruling, under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

[Note. Under Article 267, if a court of a Membern State considers that a decision on the question is necessary to enable it to give judgment, it may request the European Court to give a preliminary ruling concerning—

(a)the interpretation of the Treaty on European Union, or of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

(b)the validity and interpretation of acts of the institutions, bodies, offices or agencies of the Union]