Judgment_paragraph 23 · Criminal proccedings against KB and Others (C-114/23)

23In the present case, the President of the Court decided, on 4 and 18 April 2023, after hearing the Judge-Rapporteur and the Advocate General, that it was not appropriate to grant the requests referred to in paragraph 20 above. The referring court has not put forward any specific grounds relating to the circumstances of the enforcement procedures in the main proceedings which would have required a decision on the requests for a preliminary ruling to be made within a short time. Furthermore, the fact that the cases in the main proceedings fall within the scope of criminal law was not, in itself, grounds for those cases being dealt with under an expedited procedure (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 November 2021, Prokuratura Rejonowa w Mińsku Mazowieckim and Others, C‑748/19 to C‑754/19, EU:C:2021:931, paragraph 26). Lastly, the mere interest of individuals, while legitimate, in determining as quickly as possible the scope of their rights under EU law is not such as to establish the existence of an exceptional circumstance (judgment of 28 April 2022, Phoenix Contact, C‑44/21, EU:C:2022:309, paragraph 16).

Criminal proccedings against KB and Others (C-114/23)

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