62022CO0138_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 18 November 2022 –mBank (Invalidity of unfair and unlawful terms)
(Case C‑138/22)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Mortgage loan agreement indexed to a foreign currency – Unfair terms – Invalidity of the contract on account of the inclusion of unfair or unlawful terms – Choice of the consumer – Interpretation of national law – Clear lack of jurisdiction)
1.
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Limits – Interpretation of national law – Examination of the compatibility of national law with EU law – Not included – Providing the national court with full guidance on the interpretation of EU law – Included
(Art. 267 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 27, 29)
2.
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Limits – Question referred in the context of a dispute coming under national law and not under EU law – Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court
(Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 53(2))
(see paragraphs 30, 31, operative part)
Operative part
The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly lacks jurisdiction to answer the question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Sąd Rejonowy dla Warszawy – Śródmieścia w Warszawie (District Court of Warsaw-Śródmieście, Warsaw, Poland) by decision of 18 January 2022.