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Taking all those circumstances into account, the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad decided to stay the proceedings and to refer the following questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling: ‘(1) Must applicable provisions of national law, such as those in the main proceedings, which relate to the legal consequences of a decision issued by an administrative authority concerning the imposition of a financial penalty due to an administrative offence consisting in a traffic accident, be interpreted to the effect that they are compatible with the provisions provided for in the Treaties and the [EU] law measures adopted on the basis of those provisions in the area of freedom, security and justice and/or if appropriate in the area of transport? (2) Does it follow from the provisions of the Treaties and [EU] law measures adopted on the basis of those provisions in the area of freedom, security and justice in connection with judicial cooperation in criminal matters under Article 82(1)(a) TFEU and in the area of transport under Article 91(1)(c) TFEU that administrative [penalties for] road traffic offences which can be characterised as “minor” for the purposes of and in connection with Article 2 of Protocol No 7 … are included in the scope of [EU] law? (3) If the second question is answered in the affirmative, the answers to the following questions are requested: (a) Does an administrative road traffic offence in the circumstances of the main proceedings constitute a minor offence for the purposes of [EU] law if at the same time the following circumstances exist: (i) The offence is a traffic accident which has caused financial loss, must be characterised as having been committed intentionally or negligently, and is punishable as an administrative offence. (ii) In accordance with the amount of the financial penalty provided for, the decision about its imposition cannot be challenged in court and the person concerned does not have the opportunity to prove that the offence with which he has been charged was not committed intentionally or negligently. (iii) The number of points stated in the decision is deducted as an automatic legal consequence of the decision becoming final. (iv) In the context of the system of driving licences which has been introduced, in which when they are issued a certain number of points is allocated to take into account offences committed, the deduction of points is also taken into account as an automatic legal consequence on the basis of penalty orders which cannot be challenged. (v) If the withdrawal of the driving licence due to disqualification from driving, which occurs as an automatic legal consequence of the deduction of the number of points granted on issue of the licence, is challenged in court, there is no incidental judicial review of the legality of the penalty orders, by which points have been deducted and which are not subject to challenge. (b) Do Article 82 TFEU, if appropriate Article 91(1)(c) TFEU, and the measures adopted on the basis of the provisions mentioned and the … Framework Decision … allow the principle of mutual recognition of judgments and judicial decisions or the measures to improve road safety to not be applied to a decision on the imposition of a financial penalty arising from a road traffic offence which is capable of being characterised as “minor” in [EU] law in the circumstances in the main proceedings because the Member State has provided that the requirements of being able to challenge a decision before a court having jurisdiction in particular in criminal matters and the applicability of the procedural rules of national law on appeals in the event of being charged for committing a criminal offence are to be disregarded? (4) If the second question is answered in the negative, the answers to the following questions are requested: Do Article 82 TFEU, if appropriate Article 91(1)(c) TFEU, and the measures adopted on the basis of the provisions mentioned and the … Framework Decision … allow the principle of mutual recognition of judgments and judicial decisions or the [EU] law measures to improve road safety to not be applied to a decision on the imposition of a financial penalty arising from a road traffic offence according to the discretion of the Member State — the Member State having provided in a legislative act that the requirements of being able to challenge a decision before a court having jurisdiction in particular in criminal matters and the applicability of the procedural rules of national law on appeals in the event of being charged for committing a criminal offence are [to] be disregarded — where at the same time the following applies to the decision in the circumstances of the main proceedings: (a) The offence is a traffic accident which has caused financial loss, must be characterised as having been committed intentionally or negligently, and is punishable as an administrative offence. (b) In accordance with the amount of the financial penalty provided for, the decision about its imposition cannot be challenged in court and the person concerned does not have the opportunity to prove that the offence with which he has been charged was not committed intentionally or negligently. (c) The number of points stated in the decision is deducted as an automatic legal consequence of the decision becoming final. (d) In the context of the system of driving licences which has been introduced, in which when they are issued a certain number of points is allocated to take into account offences committed, the deduction of points is also taken into account as an automatic legal consequence on the basis of penalty orders which cannot be challenged. (e) If the withdrawal of the driving licence due to disqualification from driving, which occurs as an automatic legal consequence of the deduction of the number of points granted on issue of the licence is challenged in court, there is no incidental judicial review of the legality of the penalty orders, by which points have been deducted and which are not subject to challenge.’