Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2010:808
Date: 2010-12-22
Language of the case: Dutch
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Freedom to provide services
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling - inadmissible
Origin: Belgium

Summary of the Judgment Preliminary rulings – Jurisdiction of the Court – Limits – Request for interpretation of provisions of European Union law manifestly inapplicable in the main proceedings (Art. 49 EC and 267 TFEU) The Court has no jurisdiction where it is obvious that the provision of European Union law referred to the Court for interpretation is incapable of applying. Consequently, the Court does not have jurisdiction to deal with a reference for a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of the provisions of the EC Treaty relating to the freedom to provide services in proceedings in which all the facts are confined within a single Member State, such as a dispute involving a principal contractor and a subcontractor both established in the same Member State, and in which all the facts were confined to that Member State. (see paras 10-11,13)