nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180313-203040 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180313s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180313-203040 doi eng 342 23 Taborowski, Maciej Author aut CJEU Opens the Door for the Commission to Reconsider Charges against Poland Taborowski, Maciej Verfassungsblog 2018-03-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In the Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses judgment the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) deemed that on the basis of Article 19(1) TEU it is competent to evaluate the guarantee of independence of judges if only they sit in a national court that may apply and interpret EU law. In light of this ruling, the European Commission in the infringement proceedings against Poland does not have to restrict itself to the slightly modified “Hungarian scenario” (hitherto preferred by it). It may instead once again analyse the scope of charges with regard to the Common Courts System Act (the CCS Act), and may even lodge a new complaint concerning i.a. the Act on the Supreme Court. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Art. 19 TEU judicial independence Polish Supreme Court Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/cjeu-opens-the-door-for-the-commission-to-reconsider-charges-against-poland/ raw object