Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Katowice — Wschód w Katowicach (Poland) lodged on 10 May 2023 — M. J. v C. J.

(Case C-302/23, Piekiewicz (1))

(2023/C 286/27)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Rejonowy Katowice — Wschód w Katowicach

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: M. J.

Defendant: C. J.

Question referred

Must Article 2(1) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC, (2) in conjunction with Article 25(1) and (2) thereof, and recitals 12, 13, 18, 21, 22 and 49 thereof, be interpreted as meaning that a court of a Member State is obliged to accept a procedural document lodged with that court and signed with an electronic signature, as referred to in Article 3(10) of the regulation, where the national law of the Member State does not provide for any possibility of lodging procedural documents with the court by means of an electronic signature other than through an ICT system?

(1)  This case has been given a fictitious name which does not correspond to the real name of either of the parties to the proceedings.

(2)  OJ 2014 L 257, p .73.