(Joined Cases C-483/11 and C-484/11)

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 43, 92(1) and 103(1) of the Rules of Procedure – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Compensation payable to persons sentenced in political trials under the Communist regime – Right to compensation for non-material harm suffered – Failure to implement European Union law – Court clearly lacking jurisdiction

References for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Limits – Request for interpretation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union – National legislation not amounting to a measure giving effect to Union law – Lack of jurisdiction of the Court (Art. 6(1) TEU; Art. 267 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 51(1)) (see paras 28, 30-35, operative part)

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling – Tribunalul Argeş – Interpretation of Article 5 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and of Article 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Compensation of individuals who were the subject of politically-motivated convictions under the Communist regime – Whether national legislation reducing the right to compensation for the non-material damage suffered is permissible.

Operative part

The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly lacks jurisdiction to reply to the questions referred by the Tribunalul Argeş (Romania) by decisions of 4 April and 4 July 2011.