Brussels, 09/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - In its Annual Report 2000 (see EUROPE of 30 March, p.11), the Court of Justice devotes a line of statistics to the number of cases that, before ruling, the courts and courts of first instance (CFIs) of Member States sent to it for it to interpret an aspect of Community law. Taking all courts together, from the smallest police courts to the "supreme" courts, Italian courts sent in 50 requests for "preliminary rulings"; German judges 47; Austrian 31; British...