20.500.12556/RUL-184825 Obligation to refer or to state reasons for non-referral under Article 267(3) TFEU between ideals and reality, distrust and encouragement Déjà vu: the CJEU rejects the Advocate General’s proposal to revisit the contested CILFIT doctrine. Instead, it confirms its position from C-152/17, Consorzio, that courts of last instance are required to provide reasons for not making a reference under Article 267(3) TFEU. This judgment extends that duty to the context of national filtering mechanisms for accessing apex courts, such as the Slovenian leave to appeal system examined in this case. The ruling imposes a far-reaching obligation under Article 267(3), one that may risk undermining the legitimate goals of national filtering systems. As the aftermath in Slovenia illustrates, national courts are likely to grapple with the implications of this decision. Nevertheless, they remain largely unrestrained in how they exercise their duty under Article 267(3), which suggests that the obligation to provide reasons functions more as an encouragement for careful consideration than as a justiciable standard subject to external review. C-144/23 KUBERA CILFIT criteria duty to state reasons for refusing an application for leave to appeal national filtering mechanisms scope of the obligation on national courts or tribunals of last instance to make a reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 267(3) TFEU zadeva C-144/23 KUBERA merila CILFIT dolžnost obrazložitve zavrnitve predloga za dopustitev revizije nacionalni mehanizmi filtriranja dostopa do vrhovnih sodišč obseg obveznosti nacionalnih sodišč zadnje stopnje za predložitev predloga za sprejetje predhodne odločbe po tretjem odstavku 267. člena PDEU true false true Angleški jezik Poljski jezik Licenca Creative Commons je navedena na pristajalni strani članka (glej izvorni URL): The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). (Datum opombe 15. 7. 2026) Članek v reviji 2026-07-15 14:15:09 2026-07-15 14:23:21 2026-07-17 03:51:23 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 171-179 no. 2 Vol. 71 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 341.645:347.992(4-6EU) 2956-8161 10.26881/gsp.2026.2.17 284921603 RAZ_Fajdiga_Mohor_2026.pdf RAZ_Fajdiga_Mohor_2026.pdf 1 3E284FBB279EF5652C712642DC9D9542 999971bb5b9b8522445067fd5019e229760c5fa0cd30e5c25f3f25888ec49d0a 09620a1b-8047-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=240126 https://gsp.ug.edu.pl/index.php/gdanskie_studia_prawnicze/article/view/13913/12459 1 a9348eb9-8046-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=240125 Fakulteta za upravo 0 0 0