Case C‑240/24
Proceedings brought by N.T.
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the zastępca notarialny zastępujący notariusza Justynę Gawlicę w Krapkowicach)
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 18 December 2025
( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Article 267 TFEU – Notary acting as a deputy for another notary – Definition of ‘court or tribunal’ – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Measures relating to the European Certificate of Succession – Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 – Refusal by a bank to recognise the European Certificate of Succession – Article 71 – Initiation by a notary, of his or her own motion, of the procedure for the withdrawal or modification of the European Certificate of Succession – No exercise of a judicial function – Inadmissibility )
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Reference to the Court – National court or tribunal within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU – Definition – Category of functions of the authority issuing a European Certificate of Succession in the context of the procedure for the withdrawal or modification of that certificate – No competence to determine the contested elements in the context of that procedure – Referring body which does not exercise a judicial function – Not included – Manifest inadmissibility
(Art. 267 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 650/2012, Arts 69(2) and 71(2))
(see paragraphs 43-45, 52-61)
See the text of the decision.