Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 30 June 2014 — Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL), Istituto Nazionale Confederale Assistenza (INCA) v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

(Case C-309/14)

2014/C 339/02

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL),

Istituto Nazionale Confederale Assistenza (INCA)

Defendants: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri,

Ministero dell’Interno,

Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

Question referred

Do the principles laid down in Council Directive 2003/109/EC (1) as subsequently amended and supplemented, preclude rules of national law, such as those laid down in Article 5(2-ter) of Legislative Decree No 286 of 25 July 1998, in that they provide that ‘the application for the issue and the renewal of the residence permit shall be subject to the payment of a fee, the amount of which shall be set at a minimum of EUR 80 and a maximum of EUR 200 by joint decree of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance and of the Ministry of the Interior which shall also lay down the conditions for the payment …’ thereby fixing a minimum amount for the fee equal to around eight times the charge for the issue of a national identity card?

(1)  Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (OJ 2004 L 16, p. 44).