The Luxembourg-based European Union body said on Wednesday that the European Court of Justice had fined Poland 1 million euros per day for its failure to suspend the disciplinary chamber of the Supreme Court.
The Court would like to confirm the effectiveness of the measures
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in mid-July that the Polish Disciplinary Chamber established to eliminate judicial offenses contravenes EU law and threatens the independence of the judiciary. The European judiciary also ordered the chamber to be suspended, while the European Commission imposed sanctions if Warsaw did not comply with the ruling.
In its statement, the Court noted that “the measures ordered must be carried out in order to avoid serious and irreparable harm to the legal system of the European Union and the values on which the Union is based, in particular the rule of law.” Rule.
According to the committee’s press release, the EU court intends to enhance the effectiveness of the actions it ordered under its July order by imposing a coercive fine so that “Poland does not delay a final decision of the National Court to close the chambers, thus harmonizing its provisions with EU law”.
How long?
Warsaw’s leadership will have to pay the daily fine of one million euros to comply with the EU decision. Created in 2018, the Discipline Chamber is designed to deal with violations of service ethics and the law committed by judicial personnel. However, the EU believes that reprimands can also be used in judgments by judges, jeopardizing the independence of the judiciary.
The Polish Constitutional Court recently ruled that the national constitution takes precedence over EU law in areas where the latter does not have exclusive jurisdiction, and that powers delegated to the EU only apply to legislation lower than the Basic Law.
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