Srl CILFIT v Ministry of Health (1982)[1] is an EU law case, concerning preliminary references to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

CILFIT, a wool importer, contested the amount it had paid by way of fixed health inspection levy.

Appeals by CILFIT were denied, and the case reached the Court of Cassation.

... the correct application of Community law may be so obvious as to leave no scope for any reasonable doubt as to the manner in which the question raised is to be resolved.

... every provision of Community law must be placed in its context and interpreted in the light of the provisions of Community law as a whole, regard being had to the objectives thereof and to its state of evolution at the date on which the provision in question is to be applied.CILFIT case is famous for two things: reaffirming the principle that EU law must be interpreted in its context and with the goals of EU Law in mind, and establishing criteria when a preliminary ruling from EU court does not need to be requested.