Introducción

AuthorKoen Lenaerts/José A. Gutiérrez-Fons
ProfessionPresidente del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea Profesor de Derecho de la Unión Europea en la Universidad de Leuven/Letrado del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea
Pages21-27
CAPÍTULO I
INTRODUCCIÓN*
1. En virtud del art. 19 del Tratado de la Unión Europea (en lo suce-
sivo, «TUE»), el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (en lo sucesivo,
«Tribunal de Justicia») «[g]arantizará el respeto del Derecho en la inter-
pretación y aplicación de los Tratados» 1. De esta disposición se desprende
que toda norma jurídica de la Unión debe interpretarse con el objetivo
de garantizar que «la Unión [sea] una Unión de Derecho» 2.
2. Así pues, incumbe al Tribunal de Justicia interpretar el Derecho de
la Unión de forma que colme, en la medida de lo posible, cualquier lagu-
na en el Derecho primario o en el Derecho derivado de la Unión que sea
«contrari[a] tanto al espíritu [de los] Tratados [...] como a [su] sistema» 3.
Asimismo, es incompatible con el art. 19 TUE, así como con el art. 47
sucesivo, «la Carta» 4), que un órgano jurisdiccional renuncie a garantizar
* Las referencias internas a las notas empiezan en este capítulo, quedando excluidas las notas
del Prólogo y la Presentación que son independientes.
1 El término «Tratados» hace referencia al TUE y al Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión
Europea (en lo sucesivo, «el TFUE»).
2 E y F (C-550/09, EU:C:2010:382), apartado 44; Comisión y otros/Kadi (C-584/10 P, C-593/ 10 P y
C-595/10 P, EU:C:2013:518), apartado 66; Tapiriit Kanatami y otros/Parlamento y Consejo (C-583/11 P,
EU:C:2013:625), apartado 91; Telefónica/Comisión (C-274/12 P, EU:C:2013:852), apartado 56; Schrems
(C-362/14, EU:C:2015:650), apartado 60; Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses (C-64/16,
EU:C:2018:117), apartado 31; Minister for Justice and Equality (Deciencias del sistema judicial)
(C-216/18 PPU, EU:C:2018:586), apartado 49; Wightman y otros (C-621/18, EU:C:2018:999), apar-
tado 44, y Parlamento/Consejo (Sede de la Autoridad Laboral Europea) (C-743/19, EU:C:2022:569),
apartado 35.
3 Les Verts/Parlamento (294/83, EU:C:1986:166), apartado 25.
4 DO 2010, C-83, p. 389.

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