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REPORT (2024/2022(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section IV – Court of Justice

A-10-2025-0050

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Cristian Terheş

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Parliament grants discharge to the Registrar of the Court of Justice for the 2023 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on the Court's financial management, performance, and governance. The resolution notes the Court's budget, implementation rate, and case statistics, and calls for improvements in gender balance, ethics, transparency, and cybersecurity.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes to grant discharge to the Registrar of the Court of Justice for the 2023 financial year and sets out observations in the accompanying resolution.

Key points

  1. Grants discharge to the Registrar of the Court of Justice for implementing the 2023 budget.
  2. Notes the Court's budget was EUR 486,025,796 in 2023, up 3.9% from 2022, with an implementation rate of 97.72%.
  3. Notes that the Court of Auditors found no specific issues concerning the Court of Justice, with errors below the materiality threshold.
  4. Calls for a monitoring mechanism to track Member State compliance with Court rulings and linking compliance with EU funding under the rule of law conditionality.
  5. Calls on Member States to consider gender balance when nominating judges and on the Court to publish an annual Gender and Diversity Report.
  6. Calls for an independent ethics committee, mandatory ethics training, and stricter conflict-of-interest rules for judges and staff.
  7. Calls for broadcasting all hearings and publishing all case documents to improve transparency and access to justice.
  8. Notes increased spending on IT and cybersecurity and calls for a cybersecurity strategy and collaboration with EU agencies.
  9. Welcomes reductions in energy consumption and carbon footprint compared to 2015, and encourages efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2035.
  10. Calls for deeper cooperation with national courts and a permanent judicial exchange programme.

Who is affected

  • The Court of Justice of the European Union and its staff, judges, and trainees.
  • Member States, which are called on to nominate judges with gender balance and comply with Court rulings.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 486,025,796 budget for 2023, an increase of 3.9% compared to 2022.
  • 97.72% overall implementation rate of the budget at the end of 2023.
  • 821 new cases at the Court of Justice and 1,271 at the General Court in 2023.
  • Average length of proceedings: 16.1 months at the Court of Justice and 18.2 months at the General Court in 2023.
  • 94% of lodgements before the General Court and about 89% at the Court of Justice used e-Curia in 2023.
  • Staff numbered 2,303 at the end of 2023, with 61% women.
  • Heating consumption reduced by 33.5%, electricity by 28.7%, and greenhouse gas emissions by 30.2% compared to 2015.

Legal basis: Article 287 and Articles 314(10), 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.