Considering that an interpretation of the Association Agreement and the Additional Protocol was necessary in order to resolve the dispute, the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales decided to stay proceedings and to refer six questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling.
Estimant que la solution du litige nécessitait une interprétation de l'accord d'association et du protocole additionnel, la High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division, a décidé de surseoir à statuer et de poser à la Cour six questions préjudicielles.