Judgment_paragraph 178 · Asociaţia 'Forumul Judecătorilor din România' and Others v Inspecţia Judiciară and Others (C-83/19, C-127/19, C-195/19, C-291/19, C-355/19, C-397/19)

178In the light of the foregoing considerations, the answer to the first question referred in Case C‑195/19, the second question referred in Cases C‑83/19, C‑127/19, C‑291/19, C‑355/19 and C‑397/19 and the third question referred in Cases C‑127/19, C‑291/19 and C‑397/19 is that Articles 2, 37 and 38 of the Act of Accession, read in conjunction with Articles 2 and 49 TEU, must be interpreted as meaning that as regards its legal nature, content and temporal effects, Decision 2006/928 falls within the scope of the Treaty of Accession. That decision is binding in its entirety on Romania, as long as it has not been repealed. The benchmarks in the Annex to Decision 2006/928 are intended to ensure that Romania complies with the value of the rule of law, set out in Article 2 TEU, and are binding on it, in the sense that Romania is required to take the appropriate measures for the purposes of meeting those benchmarks, taking due account, under the principle of sincere cooperation laid down in Article 4(3) TEU, of the reports drawn up by the Commission on the basis of that decision, and in particular the recommendations made in those reports.