European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-448/23)
law://eu/cjeu/2023/c-448-23/para_115@2026-11-14
Key facts
Court
Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case
C-448/23 · ECLI:EU:C:2025:975
Decided
18 Dec 2025
Procedure
Infringement action
Applicant
European Commission
Defendant
Republic of Poland
Rapporteur
T. von Danwitz
Advocate General
D. Spielmann
Bench
15 judgesK. Lenaerts, T. von Danwitz, F. Biltgen, I. Jarukaitis, M.L. Arastey Sahún, I. Ziemele, J. Passer, O. Spineanu-Matei, M. Condinanzi, F. Schalin, A. Kumin, N. Jääskinen, D. Gratsias, Z. Csehi, B. Smulders
115Thus, in the event of an established infringement of the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU, the principle of primacy of EU law requires national courts called upon, within the exercise of their jurisdiction, to apply EU law, to disapply, of their own motion, national provisions which are contrary to the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU, whether they are of legislative or constitutional origin, and it is not necessary for those courts to request or await the prior setting aside of those provisions by legislative or other constitutional means (see, to that effect, judgments of 18 May 2021, Asociația ‘Forumul Judecătorilor Din România’ and Others, C‑83/19, C‑127/19, C‑195/19, C‑291/19, C‑355/19 and C‑397/19, EU:C:2021:393, paragraph 251, and of 22 February 2022, RS (Effect of the decisions of a constitutional court), C‑430/21, EU:C:2022:99, paragraph 53 and the case-law cited).