Information concerning the declarations by the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Slovenia on their acceptance of the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice to give preliminary rulings on the acts referred to in Article 35 of the Treaty on European Union
Date: 2008-03-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, EU Member State, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Treaty on European Union, interpretation of the law, powers of the institutions (EU)

14.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 69/1

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COUNCIL

Information concerning the declarations by the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the
Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Slovenia on their acceptance of the jurisdiction of the
Court of Justice to give preliminary rulings on the acts referred to in Article 35 of the Treaty on
European Union

(2008/C 69/01)

the Republic of Lithuania and the
The Republic of Latvia,
Republic of Slovenia have declared that they accept the jurisdic-
tion of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in
accordance with the arrangements laid down in Article 35(2)
and (3)(b) of the Treaty on European Union.

The Republic of Hungary has withdrawn its previous declaration
that it accepted the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the
European Communities in accordance with the arrangements
laid down in Article 35(2) and (3)(a) of the Treaty on European
Union and has declared that it accepts the jurisdiction of the
Court of Justice of the European Communities in accordance
with the arrangements laid down in Article 35(2) and (3)(b) of
the Treaty on European Union.

Accordingly, the state of the declarations concerning acceptance
of the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice to give preliminary
rulings on the validity and interpretation of the acts referred to
in Article 35 of the Treaty on European Union is as follows:

— the Kingdom of Spain has declared that

it accepts the
jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Commu-
nities in accordance with the arrangements laid down in
Article 35(2) and (3)(a) (1),

the Hellenic Republic,

— the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Federal
Republic of Germany,
the French
Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia, the
Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the
Republic of Hungary, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the
Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic
of Slovenia,
the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom
of Sweden have declared that they accept the jurisdiction of
the Court of
the European Communities in
accordance with the arrangements laid down in Article 35(2)
and (3)(b) (2),

Justice of

— when making

the

the

declarations,

abovementioned

Italian Republic,

the Czech Republic,

the
Kingdom of Belgium,
the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French
Republic,
the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic
of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia reserved the right to
make provision in their national law that when a question
concerning the validity or interpretation of an act referred to
in Article 35(1) is raised in a case pending before a national
court or tribunal against whose decisions there is no judicial
remedy under national law, that court or tribunal is obliged
to bring the matter before the Court of Justice.

(1) Notice of the declaration by the Kingdom of Spain was published in

OJ L 114, 1.5.1999, p. 56 and OJ C 120, 1.5.1999, p. 24.

(2) Notice of the declaration by the Czech Republic was published in
OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 980. Notice of the declaration by the French
Republic was published in OJ L 327, 14.12.2005, p. 19 and OJ C 318,
14.12.2005, p. 1. Notice of the declaration by the other Member States
mentioned, with the exception of the Republic of Latvia, the Republic
of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Slovenia,
was published in OJ L 114, 1.5.1999, p. 56 and OJ C 120, 1.5.1999,
p. 24.