The Protocol and Information Directorate organises all the representation, communication and information events and activities of the institution.  It comprises three Units (Protocol, Visits and Press and Information) and a ‘works of art' section which manages the Court's collection of works of art.

Protocol

The Protocol Unit has the task of organising and managing all events and activities involving aspects of the representation of the institution and of its Members.  It is therefore responsible for organising formal sittings, official visits, study visits from national supreme and constitutional courts and international courts.  It is also responsible for organising the annual Meeting of national judges.

Visits

In the interests of ensuring that the judicial institution of the European Union is better known, the Court of Justice welcomes groups of visitors and offers them programmes tailored to their interests (seminars for national judges, study visits for legal professionals and law students and information sessions for non-lawyers).  

Each year the Court of Justice receives visits from approximately 4 000 legal professionals (national judges, advocates, university professors, in-house lawyers, etc.) and some 10 000 other visitors, mostly law students.

For more information: - Visits and to apply for a visit

Press and Information

The Press and Information Unit is responsible for all the communication and information events and activities of the institution, in particular the management of the Curia internet site, the drafting and dissemination of press releases on judgments and Opinions which are likely to be of interest to citizens and the media and/or which have a significant social or economic impact, the production of the Annual Report and other informative documents concerning the institutions, the ‘Open Day', relations with the media and opinion multipliers and internal communications.

For more information: - Services for the media