62024CO0542(01)_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 30 September 2025 – [Maski (
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(Case C‑542/24)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Rule of law – Independence of the judiciary – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Effective legal protection in the fields covered by EU law – Principle of judicial independence – Examination of the case on appeal by a single-Judge formation – Option for the president of the court to refer the case to a three-Judge formation – Question of a hypothetical nature – Impossibility, for the referring court to take into account, under its domestic law, any answer given by the Court of Justice – Manifest inadmissibility)
1.
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Reference to the Court – National court’s need for a preliminary ruling in order to give judgment – Meaning
(Art. 267, second para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 26, 27)
2.
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Limits – Clearly irrelevant questions and hypothetical questions put in a context not permitting a useful answer
(Art. 267, second para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 28, 31, 32)
Operative part
The request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Słupsku (Regional Court, Słupsk, Poland), sitting as a single Judge, as it was initially designated, made by decision of 24 July 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.