37In order to enable the Court to provide a useful interpretation of Community law, it is appropriate that, before making the reference to the Court, the national court should establish the facts of the case and settle the questions of purely national law (see Joined Cases 36/80 and 71/80 Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association [1981] ECR 735, paragraph 6). By the same token, it is essential for the national court to explain why it considers that a reply to its questions is necessary to enable it to give judgment (see Joined Cases 98/85, 162/85 and 258/85 Bertini and Others [1986] ECR 1885, paragraph 6, and Case C-343/90 Lourenço Dias [1992] ECR I-4673, paragraph 19).
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