57By contrast, as regards the first condition, relating to the concept of ‘lawyer’, the Court of Justice has held that, as there is no reference in the third paragraph of Article 19 of the Statute to the national law of the Member States, that concept must be given an autonomous and uniform interpretation throughout the European Union, taking into account not only the wording of that provision, but also its context and purpose (see, to that effect, in particular, order of 20 February 2008, Comunidad Autónoma de Valencia v Commission, C‑363/06 P, not published, EU:C:2008:99, paragraph 25 and the case-law cited), it being specified however that that concept, for the purposes of that article, is without prejudice to the recognised possibility for persons authorised, under national law, to represent a party in a dispute to represent that same party before the Court of Justice in the context of a reference for a preliminary ruling.
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