62020CO0571_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 May 2021 – Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca and Others
(Case C‑571/20) (
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(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Reference for a preliminary ruling on the validity of a provision of the FEU Treaty – Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court – Freedom of movement for workers – Equal treatment – Article 45 TFEU – Difference in status and salary between university teachers and teachers working in the art and music higher education national system – Purely internal situation – Manifest inadmissibility)
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Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Reference to the Court – Jurisdiction of the national courts – Determination and formulation of the questions referred for a preliminary ruling
(Art. 267 TFEU)
(see paras 11, 12)
2.
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Assessment of validity – Jurisdiction of the Court – Primary law – Not included
(Arts 45(4) and 267, first para., (b), TFEU)
(see para. 14)
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Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information on the factual and legislative context – Scope of the obligation in the context of the fundamental freedoms – Question raised concerning a dispute confined within a single Member State – No indication as to how the requested interpretation is necessary to resolve the dispute – Manifest inadmissibility
(Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 94)
(see paras 23, 24)
Operative part
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The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly lacks jurisdiction to answer the first and second questions referred for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di Potenza (District Court, Potenza, Italy).
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The third question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di Potenza (District Court, Potenza, Italy) is manifestly inadmissible.
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