Suspension of promulgation for EU own-resources ratification law pending constitutional review of national implementation

The Federal Constitutional Court issued an interim order (Einstweilige Anordnung) prohibiting the Federal President from promulgating the Ratification Act for the EU Own Resources System until the Court renders a final decision on the petition for interim relief. The dispute involves a constitutional challenge to the national ratification legislation implementing the December 14, 2020 Council Decision on the EU’s own resources system and the repeal of Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom, effectively freezing the entry into force of the ratification law. The decisive legal basis for the interim measure is Section 32(5) Sentence 1 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act (BVerfGG), which permits the issuance of an interim order without detailed reasoning, leaving the substantive justification to be provided later.