EU Law - The General Court
- Created by: Alasdair
- Created on: 10-11-20 17:16
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- The General Court
- Origin
- Set up to meet massive and increasing work of ECJ
- Created by Single European Act 1986
- Originally, Court of First Instance (CFI), now the General Court
- Composition
- Judges from each Member State
- Responsibility
- Deals with cases brought under Article 263 TFEU by individuals.
- Competition Law
- Great many Competition Law cases where Commission has fined a business for breaching EU Competition Law.
- Business is able challenge Commission's decision under Article 263
- Great many Competition Law cases where Commission has fined a business for breaching EU Competition Law.
- The Treaty of Nice 2000
- Provided General Court would in due course take over simpler Article 267 TFEU cases.
- Not yet occurred
- Provided General Court would in due course take over simpler Article 267 TFEU cases.
- New 'judicial panels'
- Underneath General Court
- Would take over some of General Court's own work
- European Civil Service Tribunal
- In 2005
- Set up to take over 'staff cases' from General Court
- Complaints bought against Union institutions by those who work for them.
- Now has been merged with General Court
- Possible to appeal to ECJ against judgement of General Court
- But only on point of law
- Origin
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