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Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : paragraphs 1, 13, 16, 18, 21
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 -L2 : paragraph 41
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P1 : paragraph 29
• TFEU, Article 267 : paragraph 43
• TEU, Article 2 : paragraphs 3, 30, 32
• TEU, Article 4 -P3L1 : paragraph 34
• TEU, Article 19 : paragraph 32
• TEU, Article 19 -P1 : paragraph 4
• TEU, Article 19 -P1L2 : paragraphs 1, 13, 16, 18, 21, 27, 29, 34, 35, 40, 52
• TEU, Article 19 -P2 : paragraph 4
• TEU, Article 19 -P2L3 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/04 -N49 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/04 -N51 : paragraphs 44, 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/05 -N37 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/09 -N29 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/09 -N30 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/09 -N31 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/09 -N32 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/09 -N33 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Opinion 1/09 -N66 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Opinion 1/09 -N68 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Opinion 1/09 -N69 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N100 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N101 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N90 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N91 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N94 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N99 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/13 -N45 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Opinion 2/13 -N168 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -260/14 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/14 -N47 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -72/15 -N73 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -444/15 -N36 : paragraph 23
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -503/15 -N27 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -503/15 -N37 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -685/15 -N60 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -64/16 : paragraph 24
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/16 -N40 : paragraph 42

Operative part

• Interprets : TEU, Article 19 -P1L2

Opinion

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 6 : point 76
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : points 2, 10, 13, 14, 22, 24, 35 - 37, 42 - 44, 53 - 54, 56, 65, 69 - 72, 77, 81, 83
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 -L1 : point 62
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 -P2 : point 71
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 -P4 : point 71
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 : points 37, 44, 45, 48, 51, 53
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P1 : points 12, 38, 43, 62
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P2 : point 43
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P3 : points 71, 72
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A23 : point 20
  
• TFEU, Article 126 : point 48
  
• TFEU, Article 126 -P7 : point 51
  
• TFEU, Article 267 : points 20, 23, 29
  
• TFEU, Article 288 -L4 : point 51
  
• TFEU, Article 288 -L5 : point 51
  
• TEU, Article 6 -P1 : point 43
  
• TEU, Article 19 : points 24, 37 - 39, 54, 56, 59, 60, 62, 63
  
• TEU, Article 19 -P1 : points 2, 10
  
• TEU, Article 19 -P1L2 : points 13, 14, 22, 35, 36, 42, 56 - 58, 61, 64, 66, 68, 83
  
• TEU, Article 19 -P2 : point 60
  
• Decision 2009/459 : point 48
  
• Decision 2010/288 : points 4, 46
  
• Regulation 407/2010 : points 4, 52
  
• Decision 2011/344 : point 4
  
• Decision 2011/344 -A03P8LHL1 : point 52
  
• Decision 2011/344 -A03P8LHL2 : point 52
  
• Decision 2011/344 -C2 : point 50
  
• Regulation 1177/2011 -A01 : point 52
  
• Regulation 1177/2011 -C1 : point 52
  
• Regulation 1177/2011 -C2 : point 52
  
• Regulation 1177/2011 -C3 : point 52
  
• Regulation 1177/2011 -C4 : point 52
  
• Regulation 1177/2011 -C5 : point 52
  
• Decision 2012/409 : point 52
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A94 : point 20
  
• Decision 2014/234 : point 52
  
• Recommendation - 32016H1125(01) : point 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -341/08 -N28 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -341/08 -N29 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -241/09 -N32 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -241/09 -N33 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -241/09 -N34 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N17 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N18 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N19 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N20 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N21 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N22 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N23 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -583/11 -N34 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -492/11 -N27 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -492/11 -N28 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -492/11 -N29 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -492/11 -N30 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -492/11 -N31 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -492/11 -N32 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N100 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N101 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N102 : point 63
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N90 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -583/11 -N99 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -147/12 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/12 -N44 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/12 -N45 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/12 -N46 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/12 -N47 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/12 -N48 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -128/12 -N12 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -264/12 -N19 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -143/13 -N38 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/13 -N34 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/13 -N35 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/13 -N36 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/13 -N37 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -198/13 -N34 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/13 -N45 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/13 -N49 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/13 -N50 : points 61, 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -662/13 -N16 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -662/13 -N17 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -662/13 -N18 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -662/13 -N19 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -662/13 -N20 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -662/13 -N21 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -662/13 -N22 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -662/13 -N23 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -175/13 -N17 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -175/13 -N18 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -175/13 -N19 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -175/13 -N20 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -175/13 -N21 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -665/13 -N14 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -258/14 -N61 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/14 -N24 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/14 -N25 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/14 -N26 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -256/14 -N27 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -455/14 -N39 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -455/14 -N40 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/14 -N47 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/14 -N48 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/14 -N49 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/14 -N50 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/14 -N51 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/14 -N52 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/14 -N53 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -682/15 -N34 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -682/15 -N37 : point 71
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -682/15 -N38 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -682/15 -N67 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -218/15 -N14 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/15 -N51 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/15 -N54 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -444/15 -N36 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -503/15 -N37 : point 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -532/15 -N28 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -601/15 -N45 : point 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -682/15 -N44 : point 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -682/15 -N49 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -682/15 -N54 : points 70, 71
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -322/15 -N15 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -328/15 -N23 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -328/15 -N24 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -537/15 -N32 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -537/15 -N34 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -537/15 -N35 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -537/15 -N36 : point 30
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -53/16 -N18 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -53/16 -N19 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -484/16 -N43 : point 43
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 05/02/2016

Date of the Opinion

• 18/05/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

27/02/2018

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 142 from 23.04.2018, p.2

Application: OJ C 156 from 02.05.2016, p.23

Name of the parties

Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Simon, Denys: Indépendance des juges, Europe 2018 avril nº 4 p.11-12 (FR)
2. Pereira Coutinho, Francisco: Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses: judicial independence and austerity measures at the Court of Justice, Quaderni costituzionali 2018 p.510-512 (EN, IT)
3. Van den Eijnden, P.M.: AB 2018/220 - HvJ EU 27 februari 2018, C-64/16, Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses /Tribunal de Contas - Noot, Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2018 nº 26 p.1387-1390 (NL)
4. Bonelli, Matteo ; Claes, Monica: Judicial serendipity: how Portuguese judges came to the rescue of the Polish judiciary, European Constitutional Law Review 2018 Vol. 14 nº 3 p.622-643 (EN)
5. Gremmelprez, Femke: Arrest Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses: een nieuwe dimensie aan de handhaving van het rechtsstaatsbeginsel in EU-lidstaten, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2018 p.470-474 (NL)
6. Barcik, Jacek: Niezawisłość sędziowska jako wartość konstytucyjna Unii Europejskiej – glosa do wyroku Trybunału Sprawiedliwości z 27.02.2018 r., C-64/16, Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2018 Vol. 5 p.23-29 (PL)
7. Pech, Laurent ; Platon, Sébastien: Judicial independence under threat:The Court of Justice to the rescue in the ASJP case, Common Market Law Review 2018 p.1827-1854 (EN)
8. Miglio, Alberto: Indipendenza del giudice, crisi dello stato di diritto e tutela giurisdizionale effettiva negli Stati membri dell’Unione europea, Diritti umani e diritto internazionale 2018 p.421-431 (IT)
9. Miglio, Alberto: Indipendenza del giudice, crisi dello stato di diritto e tutela giurisdizionale effettiva negli Stati membri dell'Unione europea, Diritti umani e diritto internazionale 2018 Vol.12 N°2 p.421-431 (IT)
10. Keunen, Stef: Tijdelijke verlaging salarissen doet geen afbreuk aan onafhankelijkheid rechters, Tijdschrift voor bestuurswetenschappen en publiekrecht 2019 p.62-63 (NL)
11. Coutron, Laurent: Chronique de jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne (2018), Revue du droit public et de la science politique en France et à l'étranger 2019 N°5 p.1417-1434 (FR)
12. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, María José: El Tribunal de Justicia, centinela de la independencia judicial desde la sentencia Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses (ASJP), Revista española de Derecho Europeo 2019 nº 72 p.75-96 (ES)
13. Coutron, Laurent: V. Questions préjudicielles - Cour de justice, gde ch., 27 février 2018, Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses, aff. C-64/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:117, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2018. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2019, p. 237-246 (FR)
14. Menzione, Serena: Case Note: Anything New under the Sun? An Exercise in Defence of the Reasoning of the CJEU in the ASJP Case, Review of European administrative law 2019 p. 219-236 (EN)
15. Benoit-Rohmer, Florence: Union européenne et droits fondamentaux - L'État de droit (CJUE, gr. ch., 27 févr. 2018, aff. C-64/16, Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses, ECLI:EU:C:2018:117 ; CJUE, gr. ch., 10 oct. 2018, aff. C-216/18 PPU, Minister for Justice and Equality (LM), ECLI:EU:C:2018:586 ; CJUE 25 juill. 2018, aff. C-220/18 PPU, Generalstaatsanwaltschaft, ECLI:EU:C:2018:589 ; CJUE, gr. ch., 17 déc. 2018, aff. C-619/18 R, Commission c/ Pologne, EU:C:2018:1021), Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2019, n° 2, p. 379-383 (FR)
16. Coutron, Laurent: Contentieux de l'UE - En attendant la Pologne, la Cour au secours de l'indépendance des juges portugais... (CJUE, gr. ch., 27 févr. 2018, aff. C-64/16, Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses), Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2019, n° 2, p. 459-463 (FR)
17. Torres Pérez, Aida: From Portugal to Poland : the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2020 p. 105-119 (EN)
18. Krzywoń, Adam: La defensa y el desarrollo del principio de independencia judicial en la Unión Europea, Revista española de Derecho Constitucional 2020 nº 119 p. 85-117 (ES)
19. Magaldi, Nuria: La construcción de un Poder Judicial europeo y las garantías de su independencia, Revista española de Derecho Constitucional 2022 nº 125 p. 127-157 (ES)
20. Leloup, Mathieu: The Untapped Potential of the Systemic Criterion in the ECJ’s Case Law on Judicial Independence, German Law Journal 2023, Vol. 24, n° 6, p. 995-1010 (EN)
21. Andriantsimbazovina, Joël: 68. Protection juridictionnelle effective - Qualité de juridiction - Indépendance des juges. CJUE, gr. ch., 27 févr. 2018, n° C-64/16, Associaçao Sindical dos Juizes Portugueses (ASJP), Les grands arrêts de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne. Droit constitutionnel et institutionnel de l'Union européenne (Dalloz, 2e édition) 2023, p. 1075-1082 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Supremo Tribunal Administrativo - Portugal

Subject-matter

• Fundamental rights
  
• - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Levits

Advocate General

Saugmandsgaard Øe

Language(s) of the Case

• Portuguese
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French