# Court of Justice of the European Union: number of judges at the General Court (amend. Protocol No 3 on the Statute)

European Parliament procedure 2011/0901B(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 110 committee amendments tabled by 21 Members between 2013-04-18 and 2015-09-25.

## What the amendments focus on

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.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura FERRARA | Italy | NI | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124833.md |
| António MARINHO E PINTO | Portugal | ALDE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124742.md |
| Daniel BUDA | Romania | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125012.md |
| Marie-Christine BOUTONNET | France | ENF | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124753.md |
| Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI | Italy | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96915.md |
| Mary HONEYBALL | United Kingdom | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5846.md |
| Gilles LEBRETON | France | ID | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124738.md |
| Tadeusz ZWIEFKA | Poland | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28301.md |
| Jean-Marie CAVADA | France | ALDE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28206.md |
| Sajjad KARIM | United Kingdom | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28481.md |
| Mady DELVAUX | Luxembourg | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124776.md |
| Cecilia WIKSTRÖM | Sweden | ALDE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96677.md |
| Dietmar KÖSTER | Germany | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124822.md |
| Jytte GUTELAND | Sweden | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124991.md |
| Kostas CHRYSOGONOS | Greece | GUE/NGL | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125061.md |

## Official source documents

- PE510.489: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-510.489+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE567.740: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-567740_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-0901B-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-0901B-COD.json

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