tice. This Article examines the preliminary ruling procedure, by far the most important procedure for legal practitioners and courts. I. CONTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE PRELIMvINARY RULING PROCEDURE In the preliminary ruling procedure, cooperation between the courts of the Member States and the Court of'Justice in the interpretation of Community law is enshrined in the EC Treaty
Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 metres (9,718 ft)) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast.ermany is a country in west-central Europe, that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Germany. 1  Germany's climate is moderate and has generally no longer periods of cold or hot weather. 2  In addition to the maritime and continental climates that predominate over most of the country, the Alpine regions in the extreme south and, to a lesser degree, some areas of the Central German Uplands have a so-called mountain climate.