Judgment_paragraph 29 · Criminal proceedings against Lluís Puig Gordi and Others (C-158/21)

29Thus, first, since the preliminary ruling procedure requires the proceedings pending before the referring court to be stayed pending the Court’s answer, that suspensive effect inherent in the preliminary ruling procedure cannot justify a reference for a preliminary ruling being submitted to the expedited preliminary ruling procedure (see, to that effect, order of the President of the Court of 20 January 2014, Nguyen and Schönherr, C‑2/14, not published, EU:C:2014:1999, paragraph 14 and the case-law cited).