28However, the Court has held admissible preliminary questions referred to it by an arbitration tribunal, where that tribunal had been established by law, its decisions were binding on the parties and its jurisdiction did not depend on their agreement (order in Merck Canada EU:C:2014:92, paragraph 18 and the case-law cited).
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