CELEX: 62009CB0457
Language: en
Date: 2011-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Case C-457/09: Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 1 March 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège — Belgium) — Claude Chartry v Etat belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 234 EC — Assessing whether a national rule is consistent with both European Union law and the national Constitution — National legislation laying down the priority nature of preliminary proceedings for reviewing constitutionality — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Need for a connection with European Union law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

27.8.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 252/7
            
         Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 1 March 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège — Belgium) — Claude Chartry v Etat belge
   (Case C-457/09) (1)
   
   (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 234 EC - Assessing whether a national rule is consistent with both European Union law and the national Constitution - National legislation laying down the priority nature of preliminary proceedings for reviewing constitutionality - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Need for a connection with European Union law - Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
   2011/C 252/10
   Language of the case: French
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal de première instance de Liège
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Claude Chartry
   
      Defendant: Etat belge
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal de première instance de Liège — Interpretation of Article 6 EU and of Article 234 EC — Mandatory reference by national courts to the Belgian Constitutional Court for a preliminary ruling in cases of presumed infringement of fundamental rights by national legislation — Validity, under Community law, of the provision requiring such reference — Infringement of the principle of effective judicial protection and of the rights of the defence if the ordinary courts may not review the national rules’ compliance with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — Time-barring of recovery under tax assessments raised by the tax authority in respect of ‘profits from self-employment’
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly has no jurisdiction to reply to the question referred by the tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium).
   
      (1)  OJ C 37, 13.2.2010.