28On that point, it should be noted that, according to settled case-law, the procedure laid down in Article 267 TFEU is based on a clear separation of functions between national courts and tribunals and the Court of Justice, and the latter is empowered only to rule on the interpretation or the validity of the acts of EU law referred to in that provision. In that context, it is not for the Court to rule on the interpretation of provisions of national law or to decide whether the referring court’s interpretation of them is correct (see, inter alia, Case C-220/05 Auroux and Others [2007] ECR I-385, paragraph 25; Case C-515/08 dos Santos Palhota and Others [2010] ECR I-9133, paragraph 18; and Case C-81/09 Idryma Typou [2010] ECR I-10161, paragraph 35).
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