Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 July 2012 —Abdel(Case C-75/12)
Reference for a preliminary ruling — No description of the main proceedings —Manifestly inadmissible
Preliminary rulings — Admissibility — Questions referred without sufficient information on the factual and legislative context — Manifest inadmissibility (Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice,
Arts 92(1) and 103(1) (see paras 5-7)
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Giudice di Pace di Revere — Interpretation of Articles 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 16 of Directive
2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member
States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98) and Article 4(3) TEU — National legislation
imposing a fine on a foreign national who has entered national territory illegally or has stayed there illegally — Whether
it is permissible to regard illegal stay as a criminal offence — Whether it is possible to substitute for the fine an order
for immediate expulsion for a period of at least five years or a measure restricting freedom (‘permanenza domiciliare’) —
Member States’ obligations during the period for transposition of a directive.
Operative part
The reference for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Revere (Italy), by decision of 26 January 2012, is manifestly
inadmissible.