CELEX: 62016CA0064
Language: en
Date: 2018-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-64/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 27 February 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo — Portugal) — Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v Tribunal de Contas (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 19(1) TEU — Legal remedies — Effective judicial protection — Judicial independence — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Reduction of remuneration in the national public administration — Budgetary austerity measures)

23.4.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 142/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 27 February 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo — Portugal) — Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v Tribunal de Contas
   (Case C-64/16) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 19(1) TEU - Legal remedies - Effective judicial protection - Judicial independence - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Article 47 - Reduction of remuneration in the national public administration - Budgetary austerity measures))
   (2018/C 142/02)
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Referring court
   
   Supremo Tribunal Administrativo
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses
   
      Defendant: Tribunal de Contas
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU must be interpreted as meaning that the principle of judicial independence does not preclude general salary-reduction measures, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, linked to requirements to eliminate an excessive budget deficit and to an EU financial assistance programme, from being applied to the members of the Tribunal de Contas (Court of Auditors, Portugal).
   
      (1)  OJ C 156, 2.5.2016.