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ARTICLE-I-29: The Court of Justice of the European Union     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Court of Justice of the European Union shall include the Court of Justice, the General Court and specialised courts. It shall ensure that in the interpretation and application of the Constitution the law is observed. ...
... give preliminary rulings, at the request of courts or tribunals of the Member States, on the interpretation of Union law or the validity of acts adopted by the institutions; ...


ARTICLE-II-112: Scope and interpretation of rights and principles     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Scope and interpretation of rights and principles ...
... The provisions of this Charter which contain principles may be implemented by legislative and executive acts taken by institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, and by acts of Member States when they are implementing Union law, in the exercise of their respective powers. They shall be judicially cognisable only in the interpretation of such acts and in the ruling on their legality. ...
... The explanations drawn up as a way of providing guidance in the interpretation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights shall be given due regard by the courts of the Union and of the Member States. ...


... the interpretation of the Constitution; ...
... the validity and interpretation of acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union. ...


... Member States under take not to submit a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Constitution to any method of settlement other than those provided for therein. ...


ARTICLE-IV-438: Succession and legal continuity     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and of the Court of First Instance on the interpretation and application of the treaties and acts repealed by Article IV-437, as well as of the acts and conventions adopted for their application, shall remain, mutatis mutandis, the source of interpretation of Union law and in particular of the comparable provisions of the Constitution. ...
... The case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and of the Court of First Instance on the interpretation and application of the treaties and acts repealed by Article IV-437, as well as of the acts and conventions adopted for their application, shall remain, mutatis mutandis, the source of interpretation of Union law and in particular of the comparable provisions of the Constitution. ...