Case C-177/20: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Győri Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — ‘Grossmania’ Mezőgazdasági Termelő és Szolgáltató Kft. v Vas Megyei Kormányhivatal (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Principles of EU law — Primacy — Direct effect — Sincere cooperation — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 63 TFEU — Obligations of a Member State as a result of a preliminary ruling — Interpretation of a provision of EU law given by the Court in a preliminary ruling — Obligation to give full effect to EU law — Obligation for a national court to disapply national legislation which contravenes EU law as interpreted by the Court — Administrative decision which became final in the absence of a challenge before the courts — Principles of equivalence and effectiveness — Liability of the Member State)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative measure, direct applicability, infringement of EU law, interpretation of the law, judgment of the Court (EU), liability of the State, ownership, preliminary ruling procedure








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25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/6






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Győri Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — ‘Grossmania’ Mezőgazdasági Termelő és Szolgáltató Kft. v Vas Megyei Kormányhivatal
(Case C-177/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Principles of EU law - Primacy - Direct effect - Sincere cooperation - Article 4(3) TEU - Article 63 TFEU - Obligations of a Member State as a result of a preliminary ruling - Interpretation of a provision of EU law given by the Court in a preliminary ruling - Obligation to give full effect to EU law - Obligation for a national court to disapply national legislation which contravenes EU law as interpreted by the Court - Administrative decision which became final in the absence of a challenge before the courts - Principles of equivalence and effectiveness - Liability of the Member State)
(2022/C 171/07)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Győri Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant:‘Grossmania’ Mezőgazdasági Termelő és Szolgáltató Kft.

Defendant: Vas Megyei Kormányhivatal

Operative part of the judgment

EU law, in particular Article 4(3) TEU and Article 267 TFEU, must be interpreted as meaning that a national court hearing an action against a decision rejecting a request for reinstatement of rights of usufruct which have been extinguished by operation of law and deleted from the land register pursuant to national legislation which is incompatible with Article 63 TFEU, as interpreted by the Court in a preliminary ruling, is required:






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to disapply that legislation; and










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in the absence of objective and legitimate obstacles, in particular those of a legal nature, to order the competent administrative authority to reinstate the rights of usufruct, even though the deletion of those rights has not been contested before the courts within the legal time limits and has consequently become final in accordance with national law.






(1)  OJ C 279, 24.8.2020.