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Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 September 2011. – Richard Lebrun and Marcelle Howet v Belgian State.

CELEX: 62010CO0538 · EN · EUR-Lex / CELLAR

Subject of the case
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Subject of the case

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Tribunal de première instance, Liège – Interpretation of Articles 6 TEU, 267 TFEU and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – National courts bound to make a referral beforehand to the Constitutional Court in cases of presumed infringement by national legislation of fundamental rights – Whether the national provision requiring that preliminary referral accords with Union law – Possibility for national courts of reviewing the compatibility of the national rules with international treaties when the Constitutional Court has declared the national legislation at issue compatible with the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution.

Operative part

Re:

The Court of Justice of the European Union manifestly lacks jurisdiction to answer the question referred for a preliminary ruling by the tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium).