41Finally, even if, as has been recalled in paragraph 34 above, the national court has formally limited its request for a preliminary ruling to the interpretation of Article 51 of Directive 2004/18, that does not preclude the Court from providing it with all the elements of interpretation of EU law which may enable it to rule on the cases before it, whether or not reference is made thereto in the question referred (see, to that effect, judgments of 12 December 1990, SARPP, C‑241/89, EU:C:1990:459, paragraph 8, and of 24 January 2008, Lianakis and Others, C‑532/06, EU:C:2008:40, paragraph 23).
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