Palabras clave
Reenvío prejudicial. Tribunales españoles.
Resumen
Tras 22 años de participación de España en el proceso de integración europea se puede constatar una cierta y positiva experiencia por parte de los órganos jurisdiccionales españoles en la utilización del reenvío prejudicial, con una cierta acentuación durante en el período analizado de 2005 y 2006. En estos dos años, el Tribunal Supremo se ha pronunciado sobre el tradicional interrogante del momento procesal oportuno para la presentación de la cuestión prejudicial e, igualmente ha contribuido al aumento cuantitativo de cuestiones prejudiciales presentadas. También el resto de las instancias judiciales españolas ha tenido una mayor predisposición al uso del mecanismo prejudicial. Desde el punto de vista del ámbito material, el objeto de las cuestiones prejudiciales planteadas ha abordado distintos aspectos de la política social europea y del mercado interior. Por último, se señala la oportunidad de seguir mejorando los sistemas de información y formación de la judicatura española, para aumentar su capacitación de cara a un buen planteamiento de las cuestiones prejudiciales, y con ello coadyuvar a la, tan necesaria, mejora en la impartición de justicia.
Keywords
Preliminary ruling. Spanish courts.
Abstract
The mechanism of the preliminary rulings constitutes the key element to ensure the uniform interpretation of European Community Law and its use by the national
courts fosters the national judge as a community judge by its nature. In Spain, the national courts have recourse more and more to this instrument of judicial cooperation between the national courts and the ECJ, however there is still a long way to go, as the statistics of the judicial activity show. This paper analyses systematically the most important decisions of the Spanish courts and a critical assessment on their arguments, concerning the use or not of the preliminary ruling. Finally, we suggest strengthening the training and information system about the references for preliminary rulings in order to improve the access by the Spanish judges to the jurisdictional system of the European Union.
courts fosters the national judge as a community judge by its nature. In Spain, the national courts have recourse more and more to this instrument of judicial cooperation between the national courts and the ECJ, however there is still a long way to go, as the statistics of the judicial activity show. This paper analyses systematically the most important decisions of the Spanish courts and a critical assessment on their arguments, concerning the use or not of the preliminary ruling. Finally, we suggest strengthening the training and information system about the references for preliminary rulings in order to improve the access by the Spanish judges to the jurisdictional system of the European Union.