Benelux Court of Justice

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The Benelux Court of Justice is a supranational judicial body that ensures uniform interpretation and application of common Benelux legal rules among Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf international court
judicial body
supranational court
applies Benelux regulations and decisions
Benelux treaties and conventions
appliesTo courts of Belgium
courts of Luxembourg
courts of the Netherlands
bindingForceOfDecisions binding on referring national courts
competenceIncludes design law under Benelux conventions
intellectual property matters under Benelux law
trademark law under Benelux conventions
countryServed Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
dateFormallyEstablished 1974-01-01
decidesOn preliminary questions referred by national courts
foundedBy Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
foundingInstrument Treaty concerning the establishment and statute of a Benelux Court of Justice
governs uniform interpretation of common Benelux legal rules
hasJurisdictionOver Benelux legal rules
common Benelux conventions
common Benelux regulations
hasNumberOfJudges judges seconded from the supreme courts of the Benelux countries
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.courbenelux.be
hasPart First Chamber of the Benelux Court of Justice
Second Chamber of the Benelux Court of Justice
Third Chamber of the Benelux Court of Justice
headquartersLocation Luxembourg City
inception 1974
legalStatus intergovernmental organization
legalSystem civil law
locationCountry Luxembourg
mainFunction preliminary ruling on interpretation of Benelux law
namedAfter Benelux
officialLanguage Dutch
French
German
partOf Benelux
purpose ensure uniform application of Benelux law
ensure uniform interpretation of Benelux law
regionServed Benelux
replaced Benelux Arbitration Tribunal
shortName Benelux Court
typeOfJurisdiction preliminary reference jurisdiction
worksInCollaborationWith Court of Justice of the European Union

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Benelux Court of Justice ("First Chamber of the Benelux Court of Justice")
Benelux Court of Justice ("Second Chamber of the Benelux Court of Justice")
Benelux Court of Justice ("Third Chamber of the Benelux Court of Justice")
Benelux Union
hasPart
Benelux Court of Justice ("Benelux Arbitration Tribunal")
replaced
Benelux Court of Justice ("Benelux Court")
shortName

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