… 2 [TEU], which, in setting out the values on which the European Union is founded, refers to respect for the rule of law, and the second subparagraph of
Article
19(1) [TEU], read in conjunction with
Article
47
of the [
Charter
], according to which the Member States are to ensure effective judicial protection based on the right of access to an
independent
and
impartial
tribunal, be interpreted as meaning that the principle of judicial independence precludes a refusal to include also, within the scope …
… Recommendation CM/Rec(2010) 12 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, entitled ‘Judges: independence, efficiency and responsibilities’, adopted on 17 November 2010, and point 6.4 of the European Charter on the statute for judges, adopted in Strasbourg on 10 July 1998 by the Council of Europe.
17 In those circumstances the Tribunalul Neamț (Regional Court, Neamț) decided to stay the proceedings and to refer the following question to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling:
‘Must
Article
…