Judgment_paragraph 1 · Ministerul Lucrărilor Publice, Dezvoltării şi Administraţiei v NE (C-360/20)

1The request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 4(3) TEU, read in conjunction with Article 325(1) and (2) TFEU, of Article 1(1)(a) of the Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests, signed in Brussels on 26 July 1995 (OJ 1995 C 316, p. 49; ‘the PFI Convention’), and also of Article 57(1) and (3) and Article 98 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund [ESF], the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (OJ 2006 L 210, p. 25), as amended by Regulation (EU) No 539/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2010 (OJ 2010 L 158, p. 1; ‘Regulation No 1083/2006’).