Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 8 March 2022 – Criminal proceedings against BK and ZhP

(Case C-176/22)

Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad

Parties to the main proceedings

BK and ZhP

Question referred

Is Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice to be interpreted as imposing an obligation on a national court that has made a request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to stay the main proceedings in their entirety, or is it sufficient to stay only that part of the main proceedings that relates to the question referred for a preliminary ruling?

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