43Therefore, it is appropriate to determine whether a body may refer a case to the Court on the basis of criteria relating both to the constitution of that body and to its function. In that regard, a national body may be classified as a ‘court or tribunal’, within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU, when it is performing judicial functions, but not when exercising other functions, inter alia functions of an administrative nature (order of 26 November 1999, ANAS, C‑192/98, EU:C:1999:589, paragraph 22, and judgment of 31 January 2013, Belov, C‑394/11, EU:C:2013:48, paragraph 40).
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