24Mr Längst and the Bezirksrevisor (District Auditor) of the Landgericht Stuttgart expressed doubts as to whether the Court has jurisdiction to give a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC in proceedings brought pursuant to Paragraph 156(6) of the KostO by a notary employed as a civil servant at the direction of his superior. In their view, the proceedings in which the referring court is called upon to give a ruling do not constitute inter partes proceedings within the meaning of the case-law of the Court (Case C-111/94 Job Centre [1995] ECR I-3361, and the order in Case C-447/00 Holto [2002] ECR I-735). The Landgericht Stuttgart does not have a true dispute to determine within the meaning of that case-law.
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