Various documents

Documents concerning the Court and the development of the court system of the European Union are published under this heading.


Reform of the EU’s Court System

Request submitted by the Court of Justice pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 281 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, with a view to amending Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union

 16/12/2015 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/2422 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union

 13/10/2014 Response to the invitation from the Italian Presidency of the Council to present new proposals in order to facilitate the task of securing agreement within the Council on the procedures for increasing the number of Judges at the General Court

 13/10/2014 Reasoning

 13/10/2014 Estimated cost of increasing the number of Judges at the General Court 


The panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)

 18/07/2022 Seventh activity report of the panel provided for by Article 255 of the TFEU. 
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fleche D 15/12/2021 Council Decision (EU) 2021/2232 of 14 December 2021 appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

 16/01/2020 Sixth activity report of the panel provided for by Article 255 of the TFEU. 
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28/02/2018 Fifth activity report of the panel provided for by Article 255 of the TFEU.
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08/12/2017 COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2017/2262 of 4 December 2017 appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

10/02/2017 Fourth activity report of the panel provided for by Article 255 of the TFEU.
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12/02/2014 COUNCIL DECISION of 11 February 2014 appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

1413/12/2013 Third activity report of the panel provided for by Article 255 of the TFEU.
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22/01/2013 Second activity report of the panel provided for by Article 255 of the TFEU.
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17/02/2011 Activity report of the panel provided for by Article 255 of the TFEU.
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26/01/2010 Recommendation concerning the composition of the panel provided for by Article 255 of the TFEU pdf icon


Accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

24/01/2011 Joint communication from the Presidents of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union, further to the meeting between the two courts in January 2011.
Available in: Déclaration commune en français Joint declaration in English pdf icon

05/05/2010 Discussion document of the Court of Justice of the European Union on certain aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms pdf icon


Other documents

Artificial Intelligence Strategy pdf icon.

Considérations sur le droit processuel devant le Tribunal de l’Union européenne. Actes du colloque organisé à l’occasion de la cessation des fonctions de Monsieur Emmanuel Coulon, Greffier du Tribunal (2005–2023)  pdf icon.