Judgment of the Court (Full Court), 27 November 2012

Thomas Pringle v Government of Ireland and Others

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court

Stability mechanism for the Member States whose currency is the euro – Decision 2011/199/EU – Amendment of Article 136 TFEU – Validity – Article 48(6) TEU – Simplified revision procedure – ESM Treaty – Economic and monetary policy – Competence of the Member States

Case C‑370/12


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
11/01/2013 Pringle
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2012:756
27/11/2012 Pringle
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2012:756
27/11/2012 Pringle
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2012:620
04/10/2012 Pringle
Application (OJ)
21/09/2012 Pringle
View
ECLI:EU:C:2012:675
26/10/2012 Pringle
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.02 Monetary policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.02 Monetary policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.02 Monetary policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.02 Monetary policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.04 European System of Central Banks
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.01 Institutions
    2.01.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.02 Monetary policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.03 Euro
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.02 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
      1.04.02.01 Field of application of the Charter (Article 51(1) and (2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.06 EU law and international law


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 03/08/2012

Date of the Opinion

  • 26/10/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

27/11/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 303 from 06.10.2012, p.18

Judgment: OJ C 26 from 26.01.2013, p.15

Name of the parties

Pringle

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Supreme Court - Ireland

Subject-matter

  • Economic and monetary policy
  • Financial provisions
  • Closer cooperation
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights

Provisions of national law referred to

European Communities (Amendment) Act, 2012 European Stability Mechanism Act, 2012

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

assemblée plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lenaerts

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German