European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-791/19)
law://eu/cjeu/2019/c-791-19/para_106@2026-11-13
106Thirdly, it is important to point out that the legislative reform which thus governed the process whereby the KRS was established in that new composition took place at the same time as the adoption of the new Law on the Supreme Court which carried out a wide-ranging reform of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court) including, in particular, the creation, within that court, of two new chambers, one being the Disciplinary Chamber, and the introduction of the mechanism, since held to be contrary to the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU and which has already been discussed in paragraph 90 of the present judgment, providing for a lowering of the retirement age for judges of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court) and the application of that measure to serving judges of that court.
15 judgesK. Lenaerts, R. Silva de Lapuerta, A. Arabadjiev, A. Prechal, M. Vilaras, M. Ilešič, A. Kumin, N. Wahl, T. von Danwitz, C. Toader, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, N. Jääskinen, I. Ziemele, J. Passer