Registrar of the General Court

The General Court is one of two courts which make up the Court of Justice of the European Union. Its task consists, first, in reviewing the legality of acts of the institutions and bodies of the European Union. Proceedings brought before the General Court therefore reflect the activities of those institutions and bodies. Second, since October 2024, the General Court also has jurisdiction to hear and determine requests for a preliminary ruling made under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in certain specific areas.

The General Court will soon be appointing its Registrar, pursuant to the fourth subparagraph of Article 254 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union and Article 32 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.

The appointment will be for a period of six years from the date of taking office, which should preferably be in January 2027. The rights and duties of the Registrar are governed by the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Rules of Procedure of the General Court and Council Regulation (EU) 2016/300 (1).

Nature of the duties

The Registrar is responsible for a department of approximately 75 officials and agents. The duties of the Registrar require proven managerial ability demonstrated by relevant experience in this area.

The Registrar assists the Members of the General Court in all their official functions.

The Registrar is responsible, under the authority of the President of the General Court, for the administration of the General Court, its financial management and its accounts, and is assisted in this by the departments of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

The Registrar has custody of the seals and is responsible for the records. The Registrar is in charge of the publications of the General Court, in particular, the European Court Reports, and of the dissemination on the internet of documents concerning the General Court.

Under the authority of the President of the General Court, the Registrar is responsible for the acceptance, transmission and custody of all documents and for effecting service as provided for by the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.

Skills required

Candidates must:

• be a national of a Member State of the European Union,
• have a full legal education evidenced by a university degree and a thorough knowledge of EU law and of the functioning of the EU Courts,
• have 15 years’ professional experience, a significant portion of which must have been spent in senior management roles,
• have a very good knowledge of French and English. Knowledge of other official languages of the European Union would be an advantage.

Submission of applications

Applications must arrive at the Secretariat of the President of the General Court, by email only, to Secretariat_President-Tribunal@curia.europa.eu, no later than 12 November 2026 .

Applications must be accompanied by (i) a CV providing full details of the candidate’s nationality, university qualifications, language skills, current and previous employment and any judicial or international experience; and (ii) a brief statement setting out the candidate’s vision for the post (maximum 5 pages).

Applications will be reviewed by a selection panel which will draw up a list of applicants suitable for the office of Registrar. That list will be submitted to the General Court, which may invite the shortlisted candidates to an interview and will appoint the Registrar in accordance with Article 32(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.

The processing of your personal data, which is necessary for the purpose of assessing your suitability for the office of Registrar, is governed by Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2). Only persons involved in the processing of your application, namely the Judges of the General Court and the President of the General Court and the persons assisting him, shall have access to your data. For information regarding the protection of your data, please contact the data controller (Secretariat_President-Tribunal@curia.europa.eu) or the Data Protection Officer (Dataprotectionofficer@curia.europa.eu).

(1)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/300 of 29 February 2016 determining the emoluments of EU high-level public office holders (OJ L 58, 4.3.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/300/oj).

(2)  Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj).