9The objection that the Court lacks jurisdiction must be rejected. The Court has jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings concerning the interpretation of the Treaty provisions pursuant to Article 177 of the Treaty which establishes direct cooperation between the Court and the courts and tribunals of the Member States by way of a non-contentious procedure excluding any initiative of the parties who are merely invited to be heard in the course of that procedure (see, in particular, the judgment in Case 44/65 Hessische Knappschaft v Maison Singer et Fils [1965] ECR 965).
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