24.10.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 408/27


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven kasatsionen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 28 June 2022 — Criminal proceedings against BG

(Case C-427/22)

(2022/C 408/36)

Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Varhoven kasatsionen sad

Party to the main proceedings

BG

Questions referred

1.

Is the definition of a credit institution in Article 4(1)(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 to be interpreted as meaning that credit is to be granted exclusively from funds received from the public as deposits or other repayable funds, or may a credit institution also grant credit from funds from other sources?

2.

How is the content of the ‘instrument […] in any form […] by which the right to carry out the business is granted’ within the meaning of Article 4(1)(42) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 to be interpreted, and does it include both the authorisation scheme and the registration scheme which grant approval for credit operations?


(1)   OJ 2013 L 176, p. 1.