22It should be recalled, in the first place, that the system established by Article 267 TFEU with a view to ensuring that EU law is interpreted uniformly throughout the Member States institutes direct cooperation between the Court of Justice and the national courts by means of a procedure which is completely independent of any initiative by the parties. Consequently, although the referring court is at liberty to request the parties to the dispute before it to suggest wording suitable for the questions to be referred, the fact remains that it is for that court alone ultimately to decide both the form and content of those questions (see, to that effect, judgment of 18 July 2013, Consiglio Nazionale dei Geologi, C‑136/12, EU:C:2013:489, paragraphs 28 to 30).
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