68It must also be noted that the considerations above do not contravene the principle, referred to by the referring court, that the subject matter of an action is to be defined by the parties. The national court’s requirement that the applicant produce the content of the document or documents on which his application is based simply forms part of the evidential framework of the proceedings, since the purpose of such a request is merely to verify the basis of the action.
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