Retirement age of judges : Judgment in Case C-619/18 Commission v Poland

The Polish legislation concerning the lowering of the retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court is contrary to EU law.

On 3 April 2018, the new Polish Law on the Supreme Court (‘the Law on the Supreme Court’) entered into force. Under that law, the retirement age for Supreme Court judges was lowered to 65. The new age limit applied as from the date of entry into force of that law, and included judges of that court appointed before that date.

Press release of the  Court of Justice of the European Union