Translation of "Manière préjudicielle " (French → English) :

13. Expresses its satisfaction that the statistics concerning the Court of Justice’s activity in 2010 show, overall, sustained productivity and a very significant improvement in efficiency as regards the duration of proceedings: 16.1 months for references for a preliminary ruling; 16.7 months for direct actions (as opposed to 17.1 months in 2009) and 14.3 months for appeals (as opposed to 15.4 months in 2009);

13. Expresses its satisfaction that the statistics concerning the Court of Justice's activity in 2010 show, overall, sustained productivity and a very significant improvement in efficiency as regards the duration of proceedings: 16.1 months for references for a preliminary ruling; 16.7 months for direct actions (as opposed to 17.1 months in 2009) and 14.3 months for appeals (as opposed to 15.4 months in 2009);

Although it is not possible to provide an exhaustive list of such circumstances, particularly because of the varied and evolving nature of the rules of European Union law governing the area of freedom, security and justice, a national court or tribunal might, for example, consider submitting a request for the urgent preliminary ruling procedure to be applied in the case, referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article 267 TFEU, of a person in custody or deprived of his liberty, where the answer to the question raised is decisive as to the assessment of that person’s legal situation, or in proceedings concerning parental authority or custo ...[+++]dy of children, where the identity of the court having jurisdiction under European Union law depends on the answer to the question referred for a preliminary ruling.

That request must be succinct but sufficiently complete and must contain all the relevant information to give the Court and the interested persons entitled to submit observations a clear understanding of the factual and legal context of the main proceedings. In accordance with Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure, the request for a preliminary ruling must contain, in addition to the text of the questions referred to the Court for a preliminary ruling:

About 10 pages is often sufficient to set out in a proper manner the context of a request for a preliminary ruling.

8. Stresses that judicial cooperation activities must be conducted with due regard for the constitutional principles of the Member States and the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights; expresses its concern that, as far as judicial cooperation in criminal matters is concerned, the Treaty of Amsterdam does not lay down as mandatory the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice to make preliminary rulings, but actually rules it out automatically until such time as a Member State expressly recognizes it individually and draws up the relevant rules; sees therein a danger that the advances provided by the Treaty of Amsterdam in relation to the judicially enforceab ...[+++]le protection of human rights, could be called into question;