24It should be noted, in that regard, that, according to the Court’s settled case-law, although Article 267 TFEU does not make the reference to the Court subject to there having been an inter partes hearing in the proceedings in the course of which the national court refers the questions for a preliminary ruling, a national court may refer a question to the Court only if there is a case pending before it and if it is called upon to give judgment in proceedings intended to lead to a decision of a judicial nature (judgment of 25 June 2009 in Roda Golf & Beach Resort, C‑14/08, EU:C:2009:395, paragraphs 33 and 34 and the case-law cited).
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