Tag: Court system Overview

  • Interim measures

    Interim Measures. IntroductionRegulation 17 did not directly address the issue of whether the Commission had power to adopt interim measures in relation to a suspected infringement of Article 101 and 102. However, in its 1980 order in the Camera Care case, the Court of Justice held that Art…

  • Request for preliminary ruling

    Request for preliminary ruling (article 267 TFEU) ("question préjudicielle")National courts frequently deal with questions involving EU law. They may then face difficult questions of interpretation of the relevant EU law or even have doubts as to the validity of that legisl…

  • Oral procedure

    Oral procedureIf the Competition Commissioner considers, after having consulted the President of the Commission, that in view of their economic or political importance the measures in issue should be debated, the oral procedure is used.ResourcesSee AlsoReferences<…

  • Interventions

    InterventionsThis is not a distinct form of action in itself. With such a procedure, a party having an interest in the outcome a pending case can intervene in the case in support of the applicant or the defendant. The intervention must first be authorised by the Court.Resources…

  • Main types of legal actions

    Main types of legal actionsIn non-technical terms, the TFEU provides for a number of possible legal actions before the European Courts. The following paragraphs give an idea of the most relevant ones in relation to an antitrust case.ResourcesSee AlsoReferences…

  • Court Procedure

    ProcedureThe procedure before the General Court and the Court of Justice is written and (possibly) oral.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Court Procedure in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Interna…

  • Court procedures

    Basic elements of EU Court proceduresThe Court procedures are managed by the Legal Service, whose agents represent the Commission. Therefore, the following paragraphs only provide very general information that can be of interest for DG Competition case-teams.ResourcesSee Also</…

  • Court procedures Chambers

    ChambersAlthough it is legally possible that a judgment is delivered by the full Court (the 27 judges), this has become exceptional in practice. Both the General Court and the Court of Justice generally decide cases in Chambers, composed of a more limited number of judges (frequently 3 or 5…

  • Court procedures Language

    LanguageThe language of the Court case is the EU official language in which the application before the Court is lodged. The Commission must respond to the application in that language.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Court procedures Language in th…

  • Court System Deadlines

    DeadlinesDeadlines to lodge written pleadings (including, for instance, rules on the starting point of such deadlines), are governed by the TFEU, the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice, annexed to the TFEU, the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice and those of the General…