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ECJ Preliminary reference procedure?

What role does the national CONSTITUTIONAL court of a Member State play in preliminary reference procedure in European Court of Justice? According to the Article 234 EC: "Where any such question is raised in a case pending before a court or tribunal of a Member State against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law, that court or tribunal shall bring the matter before the Court of Justice.''
Constitutional Court's decisions cannot be under judicial review. Is it national constitutional court's responsibility to refer to ECJ as well?

If the constitutional court is required to rule on a case involving EU law then it would be required to refer the matter to the ECJ if there is no appeal or review of its decision under national law.

However, I would imagine that a national constitutional court would not often be sitting in a case where a matter of EU law was at issue, so in practice it is unlikely to happen.

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