35In that regard, it should also be borne in mind that the Court has recognised as admissible requests for a preliminary ruling concerning provisions of EU law in situations where the facts of the case in the main proceedings fell outside the scope of EU law but where those provisions, without amending their purpose or scope, had been rendered applicable by national law due to a direct and unconditional reference made by that law to the content of those provisions. The Court, moreover, has consistently held that, in these types of situations, it is manifestly in the interest of the EU legal order that, in order to forestall future differences of interpretation, the provisions taken from EU law should be interpreted uniformly (see, to that effect, judgments of 18 October 1990, Dzodzi, C‑297/88 and C‑197/89, EU:C:1990:360, paragraphs 36 and 37; of 24 October 2019, Belgische Staat, C‑469/18 and C‑470/18, EU:C:2019:895, paragraphs 21 to 23 and the case-law cited; and of 10 December 2020, J & S Service, C‑620/19, EU:C:2020:1011, paragraphs 34, 44 and 45).
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