62023CO0333_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 November 2023 –[Habonov] (
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(Case C‑333/23) (
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(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1)TEU – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Independence of judges – Directive 2000/78/EC – Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age – Interpretation not necessary for the referring court to be able to give judgment – Manifest inadmissibility)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Limits – General or hypothetical questions – Action challenging a decision declaring an application for international protection to be inadmissible – Questions on the conformity with EU law of national rules on the remuneration of judges – No connecting factor between the dispute in the main proceedings and the provisions of EU law set out in the questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Manifest inadmissibility
(Art. 19(1), second subpara., TEU; Art. 267 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Council Directive 2000/78, Arts 2, 3 and 6; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 53(2))
(see paragraphs 19-23, 25, 27-34, operative part)
Operative part
The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Verwaltungsgericht Gießen (Administrative Court, Giessen, Germany), by decision of 19 May 2023, is manifestly inadmissible.
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)	The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any of the parties to the proceedings.
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)	OJ C 278, 7.8.2023.