Georgi Ivanov Elchinov v Natsionalna zdravnoosiguritelna kasa (C-173/09)

Judgment of 5 Oct 2010

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26It is settled case-law that Article 267 TFEU gives national courts the widest discretion in referring matters to the Court if they consider that a case pending before them raises questions involving interpretation of provisions of European Union law, or consideration of their validity, which are necessary for the resolution of the case (see, to that effect, Case 166/73 Rheinmühlen-Düsseldorf [1974] ECR 33, paragraph 3; Case C-348/89 Mecanarte [1991] ECR I-3277, paragraph 44; Case C-261/95 Palmisani [1997] ECR I-4025, paragraph 20; Case C-210/06 Cartesio [2008] ECR I-9641, paragraph 88; and Joined Cases C-188/10 Melki and Abdeli [2010] ECR I-5667, paragraph 41). National courts are, moreover, free to exercise that discretion at whatever stage of the proceedings they consider appropriate (see, to that effect, Melki and Abdeli, paragraphs 52 and 57).

Georgi Ivanov Elchinov v Natsionalna zdravnoosiguritelna kasa (C-173/09)

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