Judgment_paragraph 26 · Marián Baláž (C-60/12)

26It follows from the need for uniform application of Union law that, inasmuch as Article 1(a)(iii) of the Framework Decision makes no reference to the law of the Member States so far as concerns the meaning of the term ‘court having jurisdiction in particular in criminal matters’, that term requires, since it is decisive for determining the scope of the Framework Decision, an autonomous and uniform interpretation throughout the Union, having regard to the context of the provision of which it forms part and the objective pursued by that framework decision (see, by analogy, Case C-66/08 Kozłowski [2008] ECR I-6041, paragraphs 41 and 42, and Case C-261/09 Mantello [2010] ECR I-11477, paragraph 38).