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The Upcoming Reform of the Judicial System of the European Union
Ur Europarättslig tidskrift 2024 1
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has requested an amendment to its statute in order to cope with the challenges resulting from an ever-increasing workload. The aim is to redefine the jurisdiction of the EU courts with a view to allow them to continue to carry out, within reasonable time limits, the task assigned to them by the drafters of the Treaties in Article 19(1) TUE, namely to ensure that “in the interpretation and application of the Treaties the law is observed”. The reform concretely envisages a partial transfer of interpretative powers to the General Court (“GC”), combined with the CJEU’s power to deal itself with cases of particular relevance. Furthermore, the possibility of lodging an appeal before the CJEU shall be restricted if legal review has already taken place in the first instance by the boards of appeal of EU agencies. A number of safeguards shall prevent a situation, in which the sharing of workload by two separate judicial bodies might have a negative effect on the uniformity and consistency of the case-law.
https://doi.org/10.53292/8f191eb5.cf3af5b4
