Official Journal of the European Union

C 167/2

(Case C-535/08) (1)

(Eligibility requirements for regional elections - Requirement of residence in the region concerned - Articles 17 EC and 18 EC - Fundamental rights - No link with Community law - Court clearly lacking jurisdiction)

2009/C 167/03

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Parties

Applicant: Maria Catena Rita Pignataro

Defendants: Ufficio Centrale Circoscrizionale c/o Tribunale di Catania, Ufficio Centrale Regionale per l'elezione del Presidente dell'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana c/o Corte d'Appello di Palermo, Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Ministero dell’Economia, Andrea Vitale, Antonino Di Guardo, Fabio M. Mancuso

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sicilia — Interpretation of Article 6 EU, Article 3 of the First Additional Protocol and Article 2 of the Fourth Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Interpretation of Articles 17 EC and 18 EC — Compatibility of regional legislation restricting the right of an Italian national to be nominated for election on the basis of a requirement of residence in the region

Operative part of the order

1.Articles 17 EC and 18 EC do not preclude national legislation which, in a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, includes among the requirements for eligibility for election to a regional assembly, the obligation to be residing in the region concerned at the time when nominations are put forward.

2.The Court of Justice of the European Communities clearly does not have jurisdiction to reply to the first question referred by the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sicilia.

(1) OJ C 32, 7.2.2009.