36For the reasons given in paragraphs 31 to 35 above, the effectiveness of EU law would be impaired and the effectiveness of Article 267 TFEU diminished if, as a result of the fact that an interlocutory procedure for review of constitutionality is pending, the national court were precluded from referring questions to the Court for a preliminary ruling and immediately applying EU law in a manner consistent with the Court’s decision or case-law (see, to that effect, judgment in Simmenthal, 106/77, EU:C:1978:49, paragraph 20).
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