Official Journal of the European Union

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C series

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C/2025/4033

28.7.2025

(Case C-254/25, Wojewoda Śląski)

(C/2025/4033)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: A.A.

Defendant: Wojewoda Śląski

Questions referred

Do the Treaty principles of:

the rule of law and respect for human rights (Articles 2 and 6(3) of the Treaty on European Union (‘TEU’));

proportionality (Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’), in conjunction with Article 51(1) thereof, and in conjunction with Article 6(1) TEU);

the primacy of EU law and its effectiveness (Article 4(3) TEU); and

the ‘right to good administration’ (regarded as a principle of the European Union – Article 41(1) to (4) of the Charter, in conjunction with Article 51(1) thereof, Article 6(1) TEU and stemming from case-law of the Court of Justice)

preclude

the prolonged and repeatedly extended exclusion under national law, on organisational or economic grounds, of the right of foreign nationals (third-country nationals) to seek an effective remedy against the failure of public authorities to act (reminders, actions for a declaration of failure to act or undue delay), inter alia in the context of the requirements laid down in Article 34(1) and (3) of Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing? (1) ;

Must the prolonged and repeatedly extended exclusion under national law of the possibility for foreign nationals – third-country nationals – to seek an effective remedy against the failure of public authorities to act, as outlined in paragraph 1, and the exclusion of the possibility for a national administrative court to award an adequate sum of money as compensation for the infringement of the right to action by the authorities without undue delay and the exclusion of the possibility of ordering the adoption of an administrative act within a time limit set by the court, where Polish nationals are not deprived of those rights in the context of their administrative procedures, be interpreted as:

not meeting the requirements of the general interest and unduly restricting the sphere of fundamental rights of the European Union (Article 2 TEU; Article 6(1) and (3) TEU, in conjunction with Article 52(1) to (3) of the Charter);

discriminating against foreign nationals – third-country nationals (Article 2 TEU, Articles 10 and 18 TFEU and Articles 20 and 21(1) and (2) of the Charter);

contrary to the principle of justice (Article 2 TEU);

hindering genuine, effective access to justice (Article 2 TEU, Article 67(4) TFEU and Article 47 of the Charter, in conjunction with Article 51(1) thereof)?

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(1)

OJ 2016 L 132, p. 21.

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4033/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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