Case C-638/22 PPU, Rzecznik Praw Dziecka and Others (Suspension of the return decision): Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 February 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie — Poland) — T.C., Rzecznik Praw Dziecka, Prokurator Generalny (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and in the matters of parental responsibility — International child abduction — 1980 Hague Convention — Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 — Article 11 — Application for return of a child — Final decision ordering the return of a child — Legislation of a Member State providing for automatic suspension of the enforcement of that decision in the event that a request is made by certain national authorities)
Date: 2023-02-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: custody, enforcement of ruling, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, jurisdiction, parental responsibility, right to justice








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11.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 127/14






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 February 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie — Poland) — T.C., Rzecznik Praw Dziecka, Prokurator Generalny
(Case C-638/22 PPU, (1) Rzecznik Praw Dziecka and Others (Suspension of the return decision))
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Urgent preliminary ruling procedure - Area of freedom, security and justice - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and in the matters of parental responsibility - International child abduction - 1980 Hague Convention - Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 - Article 11 - Application for return of a child - Final decision ordering the return of a child - Legislation of a Member State providing for automatic suspension of the enforcement of that decision in the event that a request is made by certain national authorities)
(2023/C 127/16)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: T.C., Rzecznik Praw Dziecka, Prokurator Generalny

Interested parties: M.C., Prokurator Prokuratury Okręgowej we Wrocławiu

Operative part of the judgment

Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000, read in the light of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
must be interpreted as precluding a piece of national legislation which confers on authorities that are not courts the power to obtain automatic suspension, for a period of at least two months, of the enforcement of a return decision handed down on the basis of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, concluded at the Hague on 25 October 1980, without having to provide reasons for their request for suspension.


(1)  OJ C 482, 19.12.2022.