… Provisional text
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Grand Chamber)
25 February 2025 (*)
(References for a preliminary ruling - Freezing or reduction of remuneration in the national public administration - Measures specifically aimed at judges -
Article
2 TEU -
Article
19(1), second subparagraph, TEU -
Article
47
of the
Charter
of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Obligations on Member States to provide remedies sufficient to ensure effective judicial protection - Principle of judicial
independence
- …
… (2) Are the provisions of the second subparagraph of
Article
19(1) TEU, as well as those of
Article
47
of the
Charter
, which covers, inter alia, the
independence
of the judiciary, to be interpreted as permitting the Member States to introduce, by means of national legislation, rules which set the remuneration of judges below the remuneration or fees set by the State in respect of members of other legal professions?’ …
… (1) of the
Charter
(judgment of 22 February 2022, RS (Effect of the decisions of a constitutional court), C-430/21, EU:C:2022:99, paragraph 34 and the case-law cited).
42 However, it is not apparent from the request for a preliminary ruling that SR and RB satisfy either of those conditions.
43 Consequently, in accordance with
Article
51(1) of the
Charter
,
Article
47
thereof is not, as such, applicable in Case C-374/23. …