CELEX: 62013CN0258
Language: en
Date: 2013-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-258/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varas Cíveis de Lisboa (Portugal) lodged on 13 May 2013 — Sociedade Agrícola e Imobiliária da Quinta de S. Paio, Lda v Instituto da Segurança Social, IP

27.7.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 215/7
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varas Cíveis de Lisboa (Portugal) lodged on 13 May 2013 — Sociedade Agrícola e Imobiliária da Quinta de S. Paio, Lda v Instituto da Segurança Social, IP
   (Case C-258/13)
   2013/C 215/08
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Referring court
   
   Varas Cíveis de Lisboa
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Sociedade Agrícola e Imobiliária da Quinta de S. Paio, Lda
   
      Defendant: Instituto da Segurança Social, IP
   
      Questions referred
   
   Does Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (1) which lays down the right to effective legal protection preclude national legislation that prohibits legal persons pursuing a commercial objective from obtaining legal aid?
   Must Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union be construed as having ensured the right to effective judicial protection, where the domestic law of the Member State, whilst excluding legal persons pursuing a commercial objective from receiving legal aid, automatically grants them an exemption from the costs and charges relating to legal proceedings where they are insolvent or in receivership?
   
      (1)  OJ 2000, C 364, p. 1.