Commented statistics on the activity of the General Court in 2022
By Emmanuel Coulon, Registrar of the General Court
The statistics relating to the judicial activity of the Court are an essential instrument for steering judicial activity, a tool for assessing the effects of judicial choices and, in terms of litigation, reflect the legislative, regulatory and decision-making activity of the institutions and bodies of the European Union. The analysis of these figures, produced by the Court Registry, is part of the obligation to give a public account of the work carried out by the Court and the trends noted in the evolution of litigation. It is therefore essential.
In 2022, the Court continued its policy of dynamic case management and arranged for the resumption of proceedings in large groups of cases that had been suspended until the resolution of cases identified as pilot cases. Those changes led to an increase in judicial activity, as is clear from the figures relating to the activity of the Registry. At the same time, the Court has remained fully connected to the economic, societal, environmental and geopolitical developments in the European Union and its Member States. After the cases linked to the health crisis (State aid, public procurement, trade policy, public health, access to documents and civil service cases) which marked 2021, of particular note in 2022 was the emergence of litigation concerning the restrictive measures adopted by the European Union in the context of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
In very general terms, it is noted that, with 904 cases brought and 858 cases closed, the number of pending cases has mechanically increased to 1 474.
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7041/en/
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