Keywords

• Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
• Rule of law
• Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU
• Principles of the irremovability of judges and judicial independence
• Effective judicial protection in the fields covered by EU law
• Lowering of the retirement age of judges of the ordinary Polish courts
• Possibility of continuing to carry out the duties of judge beyond the newly set age, by authorisation of the Minister for Justice
• Article 157 TFEU
• Directive 2006/54/EC
• Articles 5(a) and 9(1)(f)
• Prohibition of discrimination based on sex in matters of pay, employment and occupation
• Establishment of different retirement ages for men and women holding the position of judge of the ordinary Polish courts or of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) or that of public prosecutor in Poland.