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.
1 Germany ranks number 16 in the list of countries by population. 2  The population density in Germany is 232 people per Km2. 3  74% of the population is urban (61,437,197 people in 2014). 4  The median age in Germany is 45.9 years.