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Document 62024CN0273
Case C-273/24, Naski: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 18 April 2024 – X.Y.
Case C-273/24, Naski: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 18 April 2024 – X.Y.
Case C-273/24, Naski: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 18 April 2024 – X.Y.
OJ C, C/2024/4445, 22.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4445/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
C/2024/4445 |
22.7.2024 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 18 April 2024 – X.Y.
(Case C-273/24, Naski) (1)
(C/2024/4445)
Language of the case: Polish
Referring court
Sąd Najwyższy
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: X.Y.
Other parties: Prokurator Generalny zastępowany przez Prokuraturę Krajową, Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich
Question referred
In a situation in which the court of last instance of a Member State (Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) – following an interpretation of EU law by the CJEU as to the legal consequences of a breach of the fundamental rules of the law of that State concerning the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court, consisting of:
(a) |
the President of the Republic of Poland handing out letters of appointment to the position of judge of the Supreme Court despite the fact that the resolution of the Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa (National Council of the Judiciary, Poland; ‘the KRS’), which includes the proposal for appointment of judges, was previously challenged before the national court having jurisdiction (Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Supreme Administrative Court, Poland)), that the Supreme Administrative Court suspended the implementation of that resolution in accordance with national law, and that the appeal proceedings were not concluded, after which proceedings the Supreme Administrative Court set aside the challenged resolution of the KRS due to its unlawfulness, permanently removing it from the legal order, thereby depriving the process used to appoint judges of the Supreme Court of the legal basis required by Article 179 of the Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Constitution of the Republic of Poland), which basis consists of a proposal by the KRS for appointment to the position of judge, |
(b) |
pre-appointment proceedings being conducted without regard to the principles of transparency and fairness by a national body (the KRS) which, given the circumstances surrounding its establishment (the selection of judges) and the manner in which it operates, does not meet the requirements of a constitutional body upholding the independence of the courts and of judges, as it was constituted under the procedure stipulated in the ustawy z 8 grudnia 2017 r. o zmianie ustawy o Krajowej Radzie Sądownictwa oraz niektórych innych ustaw (Law of 8 December 2017 amending the Law on the KRS and certain other laws) (DZ. U. of 2018, Item 3),
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(1) The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.
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