Op-Ed: “C-181/21 and C-269/21: Another Layer in the Polish Judiciary Saga?”, by Anna Zemskova

The recent G. (Nomination des juges de droit commun en Pologne) (C-181/21) and BC and DC (Nomination des juges de droit commun en Pologne) (C-269/21) judgment of the Grand Chamber of the Court, delivered on 9 January 2024, represents one of the newest additions to the case-law of the Court on the Polish judicial reforms.

In these joined cases, requests for a preliminary ruling, originated from disputes, on the one hand between a private company and a consumer regarding a debt acquired as a result of a credit agreement, and on the other, between consumers and a bank in regard to a debt and an application for annulment of a credit agreement. Both cases concerned the interpretation of Article 2, 6(1) to (3) and the second paragraph o