Procedure
Court of Justice of the European Union: number of judges at the General Court (amend. Protocol No 3 on the Statute)
2011/0901B(COD)·7th term·JURI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·Completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): MARINHO E PINTO António (ALDE)
Summary
This proposal would amend Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice regarding the number of judges at the General Court. Amendments debate the number of judges, ranging from no increase to a maximum of 40 or 56, with at most two per Member State and a rotation list, citing the rising caseload and backlog, and invoke the right to a fair trial and gender balance.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled18 Apr 2013 – 25 Sep 2015
- Procedure completed
110
Amendments
distinct, in window
21
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee
18 Apr 2013 – 25 Sep 2015
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
21 Members · by amendment count1





















Laura FERRARA
Non-attached · 🇮🇹 Italy
17(17 solo)
2
António MARINHO E PINTO
ALDE · 🇵🇹 Portugal
16(15 solo)
3
Daniel BUDA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇷🇴 Romania
15(15 solo)
4
Marie-Christine BOUTONNET
ENF · 🇫🇷 France
12(1 solo)
5
Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
11(11 solo)
6
Mary HONEYBALL
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
11(11 solo)
7
Gilles LEBRETON
Identity & Democracy · 🇫🇷 France
11
8
Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇱 Poland
7(2 solo)
9
Jean-Marie CAVADA
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
7(7 solo)
10
Sajjad KARIM
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
6(6 solo)
11
Mady DELVAUX
Socialists & Democrats · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
5
12
Cecilia WIKSTRÖM
ALDE · 🇸🇪 Sweden
5
13
Dietmar KÖSTER
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
5
14
Jytte GUTELAND
Socialists & Democrats · 🇸🇪 Sweden
4
15
Kostas CHRYSOGONOS
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇬🇷 Greece
3
16
Jiří MAŠTÁLKA
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇨🇿 Czechia
3
17
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇪🇸 Spain
2(2 solo)
18
Heidi HAUTALA
Greens / EFA · 🇫🇮 Finland
2(1 solo)
19
Antonio MASIP HIDALGO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
1(1 solo)
20
Françoise CASTEX
Socialists & Democrats · 🇫🇷 France
1(1 solo)
21
Angel DZHAMBAZKI
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
1(1 solo)
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