Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București (Romania) lodged on 17 April 2024 – HZ v Tribunalul Galați

(Case C-272/24, Tribunalul Galați)

(C/2024/5491)

Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel București

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: HZ

Respondent: Tribunalul Galați

Question referred

Must the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU, in conjunction with Article 2 TEU, points 5 and 7 of the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers and Articles 3, 5, 6 and 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, be interpreted, in circumstances such as those at issue in the main proceedings, as meaning that the principle of judicial independence precludes national legislation that prohibits the payment of overtime worked by a judge owing to staff shortages at the court where he or she works, in a situation in which compensation solely by time off in lieu corresponding to the amount of overtime worked outside normal working hours, and on weekly rest days and public holidays, if applied, would have a negative effect on the annual leave provided for by law?

(1)   OJ 2003 L 299, p.9.