Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 9 March 2023 – KUBERA, trgovanje s hrano in pijačo, d.o.o. v Republika Slovenija

(Case C-144/23, KUBERA)

Language of the case: Slovenian

Referring court

Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: KUBERA, trgovanje s hrano in pijačo, d.o.o.

Respondent: Republika Slovenija

Questions referred

1.    Does the third paragraph of Article 267 TFEU preclude a provision of the Zakon o pravdnem postopku (Code of Civil Procedure) under which, in proceedings relating to the grant of leave to bring an appeal on a point of law (revizija), the Vrhovno sodišče (Supreme Court, Slovenia) is not to consider the issue of whether, as a result of a party’s request that a reference for a preliminary ruling be made to the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is required to refer one or more questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling?

If Question 1 is answered in the affirmative:

2.    Must Article 47 of the Charter, regarding the obligation to state the reasons for judicial decisions, be interpreted as meaning that a procedural decision refusing a party’s application for leave to bring an appeal on a point of law (revizija) under the Code of Civil Procedure constitutes a ‘judicial decision’ which must state the reasons why the party’s request that a reference for a preliminary ruling be made to the Court of Justice of the European Union should not be granted in the case at hand?

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