148In those circumstances, it is for the referring court, which alone has jurisdiction to assess the facts, ultimately to determine whether a magistrate such as the applicant in the main proceedings is in a situation comparable to that of an ordinary judge who has successfully passed the third professional aptitude assessment and completed at least 14 years of service during the same period (see, to that effect, judgment of 5 June 2018, Montero Mateos, C‑677/16, EU:C:2018:393, paragraph 52 and the case-law cited).
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