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Document 62012CO0134

Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 May 2012.
Corpul Naţional al Poliţiştilor – Biroul Executiv Central (în numele şi în interesul membrilor săi – funcţionari publici cu statut special – poliţişti din cadrul IPJ Tulcea) v Ministerul Administraţiei şi Internelor and Others.
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Curtea de Apel Constanţa — Interpretation of Articles 17(1), 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Interpretation of Article 15(3) of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — Lawfulness of national legislation imposing salary reductions on several categories of civil servants — Infringement of the right to property and of the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination.
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — Validity of national legislation imposing salary reductions on several categories of civil servants — Failure to give effect to European Union law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice.
Case C‑134/12.

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ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2012:288





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 May 2012 —
Corpul Naţional al Poliţiştilor

(Case C‑134/12)

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — Validity of national legislation imposing salary reductions on several categories of civil servants — Failure to give effect to European Union law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice

1.                     References for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Limits — Request for interpretation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union — National legislation not amounting to a measure giving effect to Union law — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court (Art. 267 TFEU; Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union, Art. 51(1)) (see paras 12, 13, operative part)

2.                     References for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Limits — Request for interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court to give a ruling on the interpretation of provisions of international law binding the Member States outside the ambit of Union law (Art. 267 TFEU) (see para. 14, operative part)

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Curtea de Apel Constanţa — Interpretation of Articles 17(1), 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Interpretation of Article 15(3) of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — Lawfulness of national legislation imposing salary reductions on several categories of civil servants — Infringement of the right to property and of the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination.

Operative part

The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly has no jurisdiction to entertain the reference for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa (Romania), made by decision of 8 February 2012.

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