Obligation to refer or to state reasons for non-referral under Article 267(3) TFEU : between ideals and reality, distrust and encouragement

Fajdiga, Mohor (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: 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
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.03 - Drugi znanstveni članki
• Organizacija: FU - Fakulteta za upravo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 171-179
• Številčenje: Vol. 71, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-184825
• UDK: 341.645:347.992(4-6EU)
• ISSN pri članku: 2956-8161
• DOI: 10.26881/gsp.2026.2.17
• COBISS.SI-ID: 284921603

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• Datum objave v RUL: 15.07.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Gdańskie Studia Prawnicze
• Skrajšan naslov: Gdań. Stud. Praw.
• Založnik: Wydział Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
• ISSN: 2956-8161
• COBISS.SI-ID: 185179651

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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Poljski jezik
• Ključne besede: 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