Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021

Criminal proceedings against PM and Others

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie and Tribunalul Bihor

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Decision 2006/928/EC – Mechanism for cooperation and verification of progress in Romania to address specific benchmarks in the areas of judicial reform and the fight against corruption – Legal nature and effects – Binding on Romania – Rule of law – Judicial independence – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Fight against corruption – Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – Article 325(1) TFEU – ‘PFI’ Convention – Criminal proceedings – Decisions of the Curtea Constituțională (Constitutional Court, Romania) concerning the legality of the taking of certain evidence and the composition of judicial panels in cases of serious corruption – Duty on national courts to give full effect to the decisions of the Curtea Constituțională (Constitutional Court) – Disciplinary liability of judges in case of non-compliance with such decisions – Power to disapply decisions of the Curtea Constituțională (Constitutional Court) that conflict with EU law – Principle of primacy of EU law

Joined Cases C-357/19, C-379/19, C-547/19, C-811/19 and C-840/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
National decision following the preliminary ruling
ECLI:RO:ICCJ:2022:022.000041		 07/04/2022 Euro Box Promotion and Others
External Link
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2022:200		 15/03/2022 Euro Box Promotion and Others
Provisions governing the institutions
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Financial provisions
  • - Budget
  • - Own resources
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
Available in :
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (OJ)
04/02/2022 Euro Box Promotion and Others
Provisions governing the institutions
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Financial provisions
  • - Budget
  • - Own resources
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:1034		 21/12/2021 Euro Box Promotion and Others
Provisions governing the institutions
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Financial provisions
  • - Budget
  • - Own resources
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2021:1034		 21/12/2021 Euro Box Promotion and Others
Provisions governing the institutions
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Financial provisions
  • - Budget
  • - Own resources
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
09/08/2019 Euro Box Promotion and Others
Provisions governing the institutions
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Financial provisions
  • - Budget
  • - Own resources
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Request for a preliminary ruling
05/05/2019 Euro Box Promotion and Others
Provisions governing the institutions
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Financial provisions
  • - Budget
  • - Own resources
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:170		 04/03/2021 Euro Box Promotion and Others
Provisions governing the institutions
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Financial provisions
  • - Budget
  • - Own resources
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.03 Obligation of good faith
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.06 Financial provisions
    2.06.02 Own resources of the European Union
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.06 Financial provisions
    2.06.02 Own resources of the European Union
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.06 Financial provisions
    2.06.02 Own resources of the European Union
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.03 Obligation of good faith
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.03 Obligation of good faith
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.01 Direct effect, primacy and uniform application of EU law
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.01 Direct effect, primacy and uniform application of EU law
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

Information not available


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 06/05/2019

Date of the Opinion

  • 04/03/2021

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

21/12/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Euro Box Promotion and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Droits fondamentaux - Indépendance des juges nationaux, Europe 2022, nº 2 Février, comm. 37 (FR)
  2. Weber, Ferdinand: Die Identität des Unionsrechts im Vorrang : C-357/19, C-379/19, C-547/19, C-811/19, C-840/19, Juristenzeitung 2022 p. 292-301 (DE)
  3. Preßlein, David: Der absolute Anwendungsvorrang des Unionsrechts als Garantie der Gleichheit der Mitgliedstaaten in der Europäischen Union? : Rs. C-357/19, C-379/19, C-547/19, C-811/19, und C-840/19, Europarecht 2022 p. 688-711 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie - Romania

Subject-matter

  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Financial provisions
  • - Budget
  • - Own resources
  • 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

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • Romanian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English