38It should be noted in that regard that a judgment in which the Court gives a preliminary ruling is binding on the national court, as regards the interpretation or the validity of the acts of the EU institutions in question, for the purposes of the decision to be given in the main proceedings (see, to that effect, judgment in Elchinov, C‑173/09, EU:C:2010:581, paragraph 29 and the case-law cited). Accordingly, the national court which, adjudicating as court of final instance, has complied with its obligation to make a reference to the Court for a preliminary ruling under the third paragraph of Article 267 TFEU, is bound, for the purposes of the decision to be given in the main proceedings, by the interpretation of the provisions at issue given by the Court and must, if necessary, disregard any national case-law which it considers inconsistent with EU law (see, to that effect, judgment in Elchinov, C‑173/09, EU:C:2010:581, paragraph 30).
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