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Annual Report 2007 Report Annual QD-AG-08-001-EN-C ISSN 1680-8304 ANNUAL REPORT 2007 REPORT ANNUAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Annual report 2007 COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES EUROPEAN THE OF JUSTICE OF COURT EN 00_2007_6705_cover_EN.indd 1 27-05-2008 15:18:24 COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2007 Synopsis of the work of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities and the European Union Civil Service Tribunal Luxembourg, 2008 www.curia.europa.eu 01_2007_6705_txt_EN.indd 1 27-05-2008 15:00:10 Court of Justice of the European Communities L-2925 Luxembourg Tel. (352) 43 03-1 Court of First Instance of the European Communities L-2925 Luxembourg Tel. (352) 43 03-1 European Union Civil Service Tribunal L-2925 Luxembourg Tel. (352) 43 03-1 Court of Justice on the Internet: http://www.curia.europa.eu The Annual Report is also available on CD-ROM from the Press and Information Service of the Court of Justice Tel. (352) 4303-2035 Completed on: 31 December 2007 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. The photographs may be reproduced only in the context of this publication. For any other use, authorisation must be sought from the Oice for Oicial Publications of the European Communities. More information on the European Union is available on the Internet (http://europa.eu). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Oice for Oicial Publications of the European Communities, 2008 ISBN 978-92-829-0870-9 © European Communities, 2008 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Italy PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE -FREE PAPER 01_2007_6705_txt_EN.indd 2 27-05-2008 15:00:10 Contents Court of Justice Contents Foreword, by Mr Vassilios Skouris, President of the Court of Justice ................................... 5 Chapter I The Court of Justice of the European Communities A — The Court of Justice in 2007: changes and proceedings ............................................. 9 B — Composition of the Court of Justice .................................................................................... 51 1. Members of the Court of Justice ..................................................................................... 53 2. Changes in the composition of the Court of Justice in 2007 ............................... 69 3. Order of precedence ........................................................................................................... 71 4. Former Members of the Court of Justice ..................................................................... 73 C — Statistics concerning the judicial activity of the Court of Justice ............................. 77 Chapter II The Court of First Instance of the European Communities A — Proceedings of the Court of First Instance in 2007 ........................................................ 107 B — Composition of the Court of First Instance ....................................................................... 149 1. Members of the Court of First Instance ........................................................................ 151 2. Changes in the composition of the Court of First Instance in 2007 ................... 163 3. Order of precedence ........................................................................................................... 165 4. Former Members of the Court of First Instance ........................................................ 167 C — Statistics concerning the judicial activity of theCourt of First Instance ................. 169 Annual Report 2007 3 01_2007_6705_txt_EN.indd 3 27-05-2008 15:00:10 Court of Justice Contents Chapter III The European Union Civil Service Tribunal A — Proceedings of the Civil Service Tribunal in 2007 ........................................................... 193 B — Composition of the Civil Service Tribunal ......................................................................... 209 1. Members of the Civil Service Tribunal .......................................................................... 211 2. Order of precedence ........................................................................................................... 215 C — Statistics concerning the judicial activity of the Civil Service Tribunal ................... 217 Chapter IV Meetings and visits A — Oicial visits and events at the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance and the Civil Service Tribunal ................................................................................................. 231 B — Study visits (2007) ...................................................................................................................... 235 C — Formal sittings ............................................................................................................................. 239 D — Visits and participation in oicial functions ..................................................................... 241 Abridged organisational chart ............................................................................................................ 245 Contact details for the Court of Justice .............................................................................................. 249 4 Annual Report 2007 01_2007_6705_txt_EN.indd 4 27-05-2008 15:00:10 Foreword In 2007, the European Community completed the 50th year of its existence. To mark this, a series of events was organised by the Community institutions throughout the course of the year. The Court of Justice celebrated Europe’s 50th anniversary by organising a symposium for the presidents of the supreme courts of the 27 Member States and its own current and former members. At this symposium, which testiies to the close working ties fostered by the Court of Justice with the national courts, the presidents of the supreme courts of the Member States were the principal speakers. The year 2007 will doubtless also remain engraved on the memory as the year in which the Treaty of Lisbon was signed, an instrument which is designed to endow the European Union with more efective legislative and administrative structures enhancing its ability to meet the challenges of the beginning of the 21st century. So far as concerns the Court of Justice, the provisions relating to its jurisdiction in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, currently scattered because they are divided between Title IV of the EC Treaty and Title VI of the Treaty on European Union, are brought together in one title of the future Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Most of the current restrictions on its jurisdiction in this ield will disappear. Cases falling within the scope of the area of freedom, security and justice constitute without any doubt a major challenge for the Court of Justice, both because of their sensitivity and because they must be dealt with particularly expeditiously. The adoption by the Council in 2007 of amendments to the Statute and to the Rules of Procedure in order to introduce an urgent preliminary ruling procedure for dealing with this type of case constitutes a decisive step enabling the Court to meet this challenge. Also, 2007 has been marked by the partial renewal of the membership of the Court of First Instance and the departure of four of its members. The institution cannot but welcome the fact that, as in the case of the partial renewal of the membership of the Court of Justice in 2006, the governments of the Member States were concerned when appointing the judges to safeguard the stability of the institution, thereby enabling the Court of First Instance to continue smoothly in the performance of its task. Finally, it is to be noted that in the past year 1 259 cases were brought before the three courts comprising the Court of Justice — the highest igure in the institution’s history and demonstrating the increase in the amount of Community litigation. Annual Report 2007 5 01_2007_6705_txt_EN.indd 5 27-05-2008 15:00:10 Court of Justice Foreword This report contains a full record of changes afecting the institution and of its work in 2007. As in previous years, a substantial part of the report is devoted to succinct but exhaustive accounts of the main judicial activity of the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance and the Civil Service Tribunal. The record of the judicial activity is supported by statistics. V. Skouris President of the Court of Justice 6 Annual Report 2007 01_2007_6705_txt_EN.indd 6 27-05-2008 15:00:11 Chapter I The Court of Justice of the Europ ean Comm unities ZNIWIICI ISIIDII 01_2007_6705_txt_EN.indd 8 27-05-2008 15:00:11 Proceedings Court of Justice A — The Court of Justice in 2007: changes and proceedings By Mr Vassilios Skouris, President of the Court of Justice This part of the Annual Report gives an overview of the activity of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in 2007. It describes, irst, how the institution evolved during that year, with the emphasis on the institutional changes that have afected the Court and developments relating to its internal organisation and working methods (Section 1). It includes, second, an analysis of the statistics in relation to developments in the Court’s workload and the average duration of proceedings (Section 2). It presents, third, as each year, the main developments in the case-law, arranged by subject matter (Section 3). 1. The main development in 2007 for the Court as an institution was the completion of the legislative process for the
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