European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-448/23)
law://eu/cjeu/2023/c-448-23/para_124@2026-11-13
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
124However, the Court has already held that the fact that a national court performs the tasks entrusted to it by the Treaties and complies with its obligations under those Treaties, by giving effect to provisions such as the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU, cannot, by definition, be prohibited (judgment of 13 July 2023, YP and Others (Lifting of a judge’s immunity and his or her suspension from duties), C‑615/20 and C‑671/20, EU:C:2023:562, paragraph 85 and the case-law cited).