62024CO0255_INF
Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 October 2024 –[Shkotareva] (
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(Case C‑255/24)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Directive 2012/29/EU – Minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime – Victim suffering from a physical or mental impairment – Procedural rights of that person – National rules not affording a victim access to the competent criminal court in order to claim infringement of his or her rights under EU law – Possibility for the victim to claim such infringement only before a civil court – Principle of effectiveness)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Limits – General or hypothetical questions – No connecting factor between the dispute in the main proceedings and the provision of EU law referred to in the questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Inadmissibility
(Art. 267 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/29)
(see paragraphs 25-30)
Operative part
The request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Sofia District Court, Bulgaria), made by decision of 4 April 2024, 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 party to the proceedings.