The new Registrar of the Court of Justice takes office

Following the resignation of Mr Alfredo Calot Escobar, who has performed the duties of registrar of the Court of Justice since 6 October 2010, Mr Vittorio Di Bucci was elected registrar of the Court of Justice by the Judges and the Advocates General on 8 September 2026 for a term of office of six years, that is to say, for the period from 8 October 2026 to 7 October 2032.

To mark the swearing-in and assumption of office of Mr Vittorio Di Bucci, a formal sitting will be held today at the Court of Justice of the European Union.

The formal sitting will be broadcast live from 18:00 on the following site: Curia Web TV.

Vittorio Di Bucci

Born in 1963 in Asti (Italy), Mr Vittorio Di Bucci studied law at the Università degli Studi di Torino (University of Turin, Italy), where he obtained a Master's degree in law in 1986. He continued his studies at the université de Nancy II (University of Nancy II, France) where he obtained a postgraduate degree in Community law in 1988.

In 1987, Mr Di Bucci joined the Court of Justice as a lawyer-linguist in the Italian translation unit. In 1988, he was recruited by Judge G. Federico Mancini as Legal Secretary within his chambers, a position which he held until 1991. He was Legal Secretary to Judge Mancini again between 1994 and 2000.

Between 1991 and 1994, Mr Di Bucci was a member of the ‘Transport, Environment and Consumer’ team of the Legal Service of the European Commission, an institution which he re-joined in 2000 as a member of the ‘State Aids and Dumping’ team of its Legal Service. Between 2007 and 2010, he was a member of, and then Legal Adviser in, the ‘Competition’ team. In 2010, he was appointed Principal Legal Adviser of the ‘State Aids and Dumping’ team and held the same position in the ‘Business Law’ team from 2014 to 2023.

Mr Di Bucci was elected Registrar of the General Court on 5 June 2023 and served in that capacity until 7 October 2026.

He is the author of various publications on EU law, in particular on proceedings before the EU Courts, State Aid and EU banking law.