58However, in proceedings for a preliminary ruling, it is not for this Court but for the national court to determine which obligations are imposed by an earlier agreement on the Member State concerned and to ascertain their ambit so as to be able to determine the extent to which they thwart application of the provisions of Community law in question (see Case C-324/93 Evans Medical and Macfarlan Smith, cited above, paragraph 29).
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