Shared Jurisdiction of EU Courts over Preliminary Rulings: One procedure. Two Courts. One Interpretation?

The 2024 reform of the Statute of the Court of Justice has activated for the first time in EU history Article 256(3) TFEU, granting jurisdiction to the General Court to hear and determine preliminary references in six 'specific areas'. Together with the articulation of the allocation of cases between the two EU Courts, one question becomes now prominent: how to ensure uniform interpretation of EU Law. This brief contribution will reflect on the impact of the reform of the Statute on the EU judicial model and on the challenges of the new structure for internal decentralization of jurisdiction over preliminary rulings.