<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article analyses the use of the preliminary ruling procedure by the Czech courts in the 15 years of the Czech membership in the European Union. It presents statistics of cases lodged to the EU Court of Justice and refers to the most important decisions. The article compares the practise of both lower courts as well as courts of last instance, namely the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court. It also outlines the attitude of the Czech Constitutional Court towards this procedure.</p></abstract>

The article analyses the use of the preliminary ruling procedure by the Czech courts in the 15 years of the Czech membership in the European Union. It presents statistics of cases lodged to the EU Court of Justice and refers to the most important decisions. The article compares the practise of both lower courts as well as courts of last instance, namely the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court. It also outlines the attitude of the Czech Constitutional Court towards this procedure.

The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond

Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law

Department of International and European Union Law, Faculty of Law

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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The article analyses the use of the preliminary ruling procedure by the Czech courts in the 15 years of the Czech membership in the European Union. It presents...

The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 150 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0041

Keywords
Court of Justice of the European Union, Czech Constitutional court, Czech courts, preliminary ruling procedure

© 2019 Václav Stehlík et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 150 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0041

KeywordsCourt of Justice of the European Union, Czech Constitutional court, Czech courts, preliminary ruling procedure

© 2019 Václav Stehlík et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Court of Justice of the European Union, Czech Constitutional court, Czech courts, preliminary ruling procedure