Judgment_paragraph 21 · Marca Mode CV v Adidas AG and Adidas Benelux BV (C-425/98)

21According to settled case-law, as regards the division of jurisdiction between national courts and the Court of Justice under Article 177 of the Treaty the national court, which alone has direct knowledge of the facts of the case and of the arguments put forward by the parties, and which will have to give judgment in the case, is in the best position to determine, with full knowledge of the matter before it, the relevance of the questions of law raised by the dispute before it and the necessity for a preliminary ruling so as to enable it to give judgment. However, where the questions are inappropriately framed, the Court is free to extract from all the factors provided by the national court and in particular from the statement of grounds contained in the reference, the elements of Community law requiring an interpretation having regard to the subject-matter of the dispute (see, in particular, Case 83/78 Pigs Marketing Board v Redmond [1978] ECR 2347, paragraphs 25 and 26).

Marca Mode CV v Adidas AG and Adidas Benelux BV (C-425/98)

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