Judgment_paragraph 214 · 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)

214Such specific rules cannot, in particular, have the effect of exposing judges or prosecutors dealing with corruption cases to the external factors referred to in paragraph 212 above, failing which not only will the requirements arising from the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU be infringed but also, in the present case, Romania’s specific obligations under Decision 2006/928 in relation to the fight against corruption. Furthermore, those specific rules cannot result in the duration of investigations into corruption offences being extended or the fight against corruption being in any way weakened.