Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2001:413
Date: 2001-07-12
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Austria

Summary of the Judgment 
Preliminary rulings — Costs — Payment — Application of domestic law rules — 
Conditions — Limits 
(Art. 234 EC; Rules of Procedure of the Court of justice, Art. 104(5)) 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-472/99 
Article 104(5) of the Rules of Procedure of 
the Court of Justice, in codified version 
1999/C 65/01 of 6 March 1999, is to be 
interpreted as meaning that payment of the 
costs incurred by the parties to the main 
proceedings for the purposes of the proce­
dure under Article 234 EC for obtaining a 
preliminary ruling is governed by the 
domestic law rules applicable to the pro­
ceedings before the national court, provi­
ded that those rules are not less favourable 
than those applicable to similar procedural 
steps which may be taken in such proceed­
ings in accordance with national law. 
(see para. 32 and operative part) 
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