CJEU of 11.7.24, C-554/21, C-622/21 and C-727/21: Independence of judges and effective judicial protection in areas governed by Union law

Following a petition by the Visoki trgovački sud, Croatian Court of Appeal for Commercial Disputes, in Financijska agencija v HANN-INVEST d.o.o. (C 554/21), MINERAL-SEKULINE d.o.o. (C 622/21) and UDRUGA KHL MEDVEŠČAK ZAGREB (C 727/21), concerning the interpretation of Article 19(1)(b) TEU and Article 47 TFEU, the CJEU has held that Article 19(b) TEU must be interpreted as precluding national law from providing for an internal mechanism of a national court under which a judgment delivered by the court formation to which a case has been assigned may be sent to the parties in order to bring the case to a conclusion only if the content of the judgment has been approved by a judge responsible for its registration who is not a member of that court formation.