Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 — IGPR — Brigada Autostrăzi şi misiuni speciale
(Case C‑723/18)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 48 — Presumption of innocence and defence rights — Road traffic offences — Burden of proof — Failure to implement EU law— Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
1.      Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Limits — Request for an interpretation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Subject matter of the national dispute not having any connection with EU law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court
(Art. 6(1) TEU; Art. 267 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 51(1) and (2); Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 53(2))
(see paras 11, 13-15, operative part)
2.      Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Limits — Question raised in a context excluding a useful answer — Questions referred without sufficient information on the factual and legislative context — Inadmissibility
(Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 53(2) and 94)
(see para. 17, operative part)
Operative part
The Court of Justice of the European Union manifestly lacks jurisdiction to answer the questions referred by the Judecătoria Orăştie (Court of First Instance of Orăştie, Romania) by decision of 5 November 2018.