Court System Of The EU

Question 1

court of justice of EU

Answer 1

• institution of EU
• two courts in Luxembourg
• EU civil service tribunal= ceased to exit on 1st sept 2016 when jurisdiction transferred to general court
• multilingual (24 languages)
• 47% of staff are linguists/interpreters

Question 2

court of justice

Answer 2

• 1 judge per EU country
• 28 member state= 28 judges
• court helped by 11 advocate generals

Question 3

general court

Answer 3

• help court of justice cope with large number of cases
• used to be court of first instance
• 47 judges in 2019 had 56
• has jurisdiction

Question 4

Brexit

Answer 4

• UK will leave jurisdiction of court of justice once it leaves EU
• means no regards to CJEU case law (Court Justice of European Union)

Question 5

court of justice ruling on cases brought before it ; actions for annulment

Answer 5

against EU law that violate EU treaties

Question 6

court of justice ruling on cases brought before it; action for failure to fulfil an obligation

Answer 6

brought against EU Member States for not applying EU law

Question 7

court of justice ruling on cases brought before it; direct action

Answer 7

brought by individuals, companies/organisations against EU decisions or actions