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DRAFT OPINION (2024/2022(DEC))

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

JURI-PA-765287

Committee on Legal Affairs · Rapporteur: ◄Ilhan Kyuchyuk►

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The Committee on Legal Affairs calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control to incorporate its suggestions into the resolution on discharge for the Court of Justice of the European Union for 2023. It welcomes the high budget implementation rate, notes the workload and efficiency of the courts, and supports measures to improve accessibility, AI use, and gender balance.

Committee position. The Committee on Legal Affairs proposes that the Committee on Budgetary Control incorporate its suggestions into the motion for a resolution, which include welcoming the CJEU's performance and urging action on gender balance.

Key points

  1. Appreciates the CJEU's very high budgetary implementation rate for 2023 (99.2%), an increase from previous years.
  2. Stresses that the CJEU's budget is essentially administrative, with about 75% for staff and members and the rest for buildings and IT.
  3. Welcomes the amendment to Protocol No. 3 on the Statute of the CJEU that transfers part of the Court of Justice's jurisdiction for preliminary rulings to the General Court and extends the mechanism for deciding whether appeals proceed.
  4. Welcomes the decrease in average length of proceedings before the Court of Justice to 16.1 months in 2023, but notes an increase before the General Court to 18.2 months due to complex cases.
  5. Notes that cases brought before the two courts exceeded 2,000 for the first time (2,092 cases), including 404 essentially identical cases before the General Court.
  6. Underlines that the courts completed 1,687 cases in 2023 and that pending cases remained stable at 2,587 at the end of 2023.
  7. Notes the high use of e-Curia: 94% of lodgements before the General Court and about 89% at the Court of Justice.
  8. Notes increases in direct actions before the Court of Justice, particularly in environment, and in cases before the General Court in intellectual property and economic and monetary policy.
  9. Acknowledges the activities of the Judicial Network of the European Union and welcomes strengthened cooperation with the European Judicial Training Network.
  10. Welcomes the CJEU's Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the setting up of an AI Management Board, and guidelines for AI tools.
  11. Notes with satisfaction the adoption of a code of conduct for staff, in force since March 2024, and the project on accessibility and inclusion of persons with disabilities.
  12. Notes that 61% of officials and agents are women and that women in managerial posts increased to 43%, but urges the Council to promote gender parity among judges.

Who is affected

  • The Court of Justice of the European Union and its staff, including judges and officials.
  • National courts and judges, through cooperation and training networks.
  • The Council, which is urged to promote gender parity in judicial appointments.

Figures and deadlines

  • 99.2% budgetary implementation rate for 2023.
  • 75% of appropriations related to staff and members.
  • 16.1 months average length of proceedings before the Court of Justice in 2023.
  • 18.2 months average length before the General Court in 2023.
  • 2,092 cases brought before the two courts in 2023.
  • 1,687 cases completed in 2023.
  • 94% use of e-Curia before the General Court.
  • 61% of officials and agents are women.