38That does not alter the fact that it is for the Court, where appropriate, to examine the circumstances in which the case was referred to it by a national court in order to assess whether it has jurisdiction and, in particular, determine whether the interpretation of EU law that is sought bears any relation to the facts of the main action or its purpose, so that the Court is not led to deliver advisory opinions on general or hypothetical questions (see, inter alia, to that effect, Case 244/80 Foglia [1981] ECR 3045, paragraphs 18 and 21, and Case C-167/01 Inspire Art [2003] ECR I-10155, paragraph 45). If it appears that the question raised is manifestly irrelevant for the purposes of deciding the case, the Court must declare that there is no need to proceed to judgment (see, inter alia, Lourenço Dias, paragraph 20, and Ritter-Coulais, paragraph 15 and the case-law cited).
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