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Other Courts applying Community law

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As yet, international courts have never applied Community law. It is unlikely that the International Court of Justice will ever do so. The Community Treaties provide that the Member States shall not submit a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Community Treaties to any method of settlement other than those provided for in the Treaties themselves.1 This prevents them from bringing Community law before international courts. The chances that other States would do so seem rather remote.

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Schermers, H.G. (1983). Other Courts applying Community law. In: Judicial Protection in the European Communities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4412-6_5

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