20Since the provisions of that convention have been an integral part of the EU legal order from the date on which the convention entered into force, the Court has jurisdiction to give a preliminary ruling concerning its interpretation, in accordance with the rules of interpretation of general international law, which are binding on the European Union (see, to that effect, Case C-386/08 Brita [2010] ECR I-1289, paragraphs 39 to 42, and Case C-63/09 Walz [2010] ECR I-4239, paragraphs 20 and 22 and the case‑law cited).
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