29In that regard, it should be observed, in particular, that the obligation to refer a question to the Court for a preliminary ruling laid down by the third paragraph of Article 234 EC in respect of national courts or tribunals against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy is intended in particular to prevent a body of national case-law that is not in accordance with the rules of Community law from being established in a Member State (see, in particular, Case C-393/98 Gomes Valente [2001] ECR I-1327, paragraph 17, and case-law cited).
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