Judgment_paragraph 45 · Criminal proceedings against Oriol Junqueras Vies (C-502/19)

45In the present case, on 19 July 2019, the President of the Court decided, after hearing the Judge-Rapporteur and the Advocate General, to grant the referring court’s request mentioned in paragraph 43 above. That decision was motivated by the fact that, first, Mr Junqueras Vies was being held in provisional detention when the request for a preliminary ruling was lodged, with the result that the questions referred by the Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) had to be regarded as being raised in the context of a case having regard to a person in custody, within the meaning of the fourth paragraph of Article 267 TFEU and, secondly, those questions sought the interpretation of a provision of EU law liable, by its very nature, to have an effect on the continued detention of Mr Junqueras Vies, in the event that that provision were applicable to him (see, to that effect, order of the President of the Court of 30 September 2011, Achughbabian, C‑329/11, not published, EU:C:2011:630, paragraphs 9 to 12, and, by analogy, judgment of 25 July 2018, Minister for Justice and Equality (Deficiencies in the system of justice), C‑216/18 PPU, EU:C:2018:586, paragraphs 29 to 31).