2. 1952, creation of the Court of the European
Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) by the
Treaty of Paris (1951).
1957 transformation Court of the European
Communities.
1999, the ECJ's powers are expanded after
the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty.
2009, renamed Court of the European Union.
3. 1952–1958 Massimo Pilotti
1958–1964 Andreas Matthias Donner
1964–1967 Charles Léon Hammes
1967–1976 Robert Lecourt
1976–1980 Hans Kutscher
1980–1984 Josse Mertens de Wilmars
1984–1988 John Mackenzie-Stuart
1988–1994 Ole Due
1994–2003 Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias
2003– ? Vassilios Skouris
4. Each Member State has the ability to appoint a
judge, so that their number matches the
number of states most of the time. Judges are
elected for a period of six years, and renews
half of its staff in three.
Judges, the Advocates-General shall be
selected from individuals totally independent,
eligible to access the highest judicial office in
their country, or jurists of recognized
competencia.4
Judges must take the following oath, in the first
public hearing of the Court to attend, and
before entering upon their duties 5:
5. The figure of the general counsel plays a special role in the
Court, the judges giving their opinion with complete impartiality
and independence. No part of the deliberations of the Court,
whose judges will finally bring the final decision.
Significantly, despite its name, has nothing to do with lawyers,
prosecutors or lawyers of the State, as their functions are placed
closest to the judicial sphere. Although his advice is usually taken
into account, it is possible that the Court itself in a direction
different from that general counsel had raised.
Five of the eight Advocates General are appointed respectively
by Spain, France, Italy, Germany and the UK. The other three are
elected by the remaining 22 countries, following a shift
alphabetically. Poland has insisted on getting a sixth place to
permanently appoint an attorney general. At the request of the
Court, the Council of the European Union, acting unanimously,
increase the number of Advocates-General.
The attorneys general are appointed by the Council acting
unanimously. Today is the siguientes6:
7. Cargo similar to the clerk of courts, who is elected by
the Court for a period of six years and may be
reappointed. It also serves as the Secretary General
of the institution, besides acting as a notary public in
the processes. The Court may assign one or more
assistant secretaries.
He helps the plenary halls, the President and the
Judges in all their official functions. He is responsible
for the secretariat of the Court, responsible for the
receipt, transmission and custody of documents and
applications entering the institution. It is also the
custodian of the seal of the Court, and is responsible
for the archives and publications of this. It has other
tasks as may be the financial management of the
institution, role supported by an administrator.
8. Meet the 27 judges of each Member State is in this court, and it is
a very unusual formation. This court is presided over by the
President of the ECJ and the quorum for deliberation there are 15
judges.
The plenary meeting in cases of particular importance, as the
possible dismissal of the Ombudsman or the removal of members
of the European Commission.
[edit] Grand Chamber
The Grand Chamber shall consist, for each subject, by the Chief
Justice, the Presidents of the Chambers of five Judges, the
Judge-Rapporteur and the number of judges needed to reach a
total of thirteen.
[edit] Halls
They gather in formation of three or five judges of the Court of
Justice of the European Union
[edit] Jurisdiction and procedures
The Court now known primarily of seven kinds of resources,
except for provisional measures. These resources are: