CELEX: 62018CN0558
Language: en
Date: 2018-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-558/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Łodzi (Poland) lodged on 3 September 2018 — City of Łowicz v State Treasury — Governor of Łódź Province

4.2.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/8
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Łodzi (Poland) lodged on 3 September 2018 — City of Łowicz v State Treasury — Governor of Łódź Province
      (Case C-558/18)
      (2019/C 44/11)
      Language of the case: Polish
      
         Referring court
      
      Sąd Okręgowy w Łodzi
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: City of Łowicz
      
         Defendant: State Treasury — Governor of Łódź Province
      
         Question referred
      
      On a proper construction of the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) of the Treaty on European Union, does the resulting obligation for Member States to provide remedies sufficient to ensure effective legal protection in the fields covered by EU law preclude provisions which materially increase the risk of undermining the guarantee of independent disciplinary proceedings against judges in Poland through:
      
                  (1)
               
               
                  political influence on the conduct of disciplinary proceedings;
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  the emerging risk that the system of disciplinary measures will be used to politically control the content of judicial decisions; and
               
            
                  (3)
               
               
                  the possibility of evidence obtained by illegal means being used in disciplinary proceedings against judges?