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3.7.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 235/4 |
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 May 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against BK, ZhP
(Case C-176/22, (1) BK and ZhP (Partial stay of the main proceedings))
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union - Article 23, first paragraph - Stay of the main proceedings by a national court which has submitted a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice under Article 267 TFEU - Possibility of a partial stay of proceedings)
(2023/C 235/05)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Referring court
Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad
Parties in the main proceedings
BK, ZhP
intervening parties: Spetsializirana prokuratura
Operative part of the judgment
Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union must be interpreted as not precluding a national court which has made a request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from staying the main proceedings only with regard to the aspects of those proceedings that are likely to be affected by the Court’s response to that request.