- MEPs and EU Member States have reached an agreement on the reform of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
- The reform aims to improve the workload management of the CJEU
- Requests for preliminary rulings in specific areas will be transferred from the Court of Justice to the General Court
- This will alleviate some of the workload for the Court of Justice
- The most sensitive and complex cases will still be heard by the Court of Justice
- The reform also allows for an extension of the mechanism determining whether an appeal is allowed to proceed
- There will be broader public access to some documents held by the Court of Justice
- The European Parliament, the Council, and the European Central Bank will be entitled to submit statements or written observations to the Court in case of a new request for preliminary ruling
- The updated statute will enter into force after formal approval by the European Parliament and the Member States.
Source: etaf.tax
Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.
