European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-791/19)
law://eu/cjeu/2019/c-791-19/para_226@2026-11-14
Key facts
Court
Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case
C-791/19 · ECLI:EU:C:2021:596
Decided
15 Jul 2021
Procedure
Infringement action
Applicant
European Commission
Defendant
Republic of Poland
Rapporteur
A. Prechal
Advocate General
E. Tanchev
Bench
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
226Furthermore, a national rule the effect of which may inter alia be that a national court will choose to refrain from referring questions for a preliminary ruling to the Court is detrimental to the prerogatives thus granted to national courts and tribunals by Article 267 TFEU and, consequently, to the effectiveness of that system of cooperation (see, to that effect, judgment in A.B. and Others, paragraph 94 and the case-law cited).