37In any event, it should be remembered, first, that the procedure laid down by Article 267 TFEU is an instrument of cooperation between the Court and the national courts. Accordingly, it is solely for a national court before which a dispute has been brought, and which must assume responsibility for the subsequent judicial decision, to determine in the light of the particular circumstances in each case both the need for a preliminary ruling in order to enable it to deliver judgment and the relevance of the questions which it submits to the Court (judgment of 7 July 2011 in Agafiţei and Others, C‑310/10, ECR, EU:C:2011:467, paragraph 25).
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.