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EU — Statistics concerning judicial activity in 2010: references for a preliminary ruling have never been dealt with so quickly

March 7, 2011 Comments off

Statistics concerning judicial activity in 2010: references for a preliminary ruling have never been dealt with so quickly (PDF)
Source: Court of Justice of the European Union

In the entire history of the institution, there have never been so many cases brought before the three courts comprising the Court of Justice of the European Union: 1 406 cases were brought in 2010. That figure reflects the constant increase in the volume of European Union litigation. Attention should be drawn also to another strong trend in 2010: the overall reduction in the duration of proceedings.
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In 2010 the Court of Justice had 631 new cases brought before it, which amounts to a very significant increase compared with 2009 (562 new cases) and constitutes the highest number of cases brought in the Court’s history. The situation is identical as regards references for a preliminary ruling. In 2010 the number of references for a preliminary ruling submitted was, for the second year in succession, the highest ever reached and it exceeded the number in 2009 by 27.4% (385 cases in 2010 compared with 302 cases in 2009).

The Court completed 574 cases in 2010, a slight decrease compared with the previous year (588 cases completed in 2009).

So far as concerns the duration of proceedings, the statistics prove very positive. In the case of references for a preliminary ruling, the average duration amounted to 16.1 months. A comparative analysis covering the entire period for which the Court has reliable statistical data shows that the average time taken to deal with references for a preliminary ruling reached its shortest in 2010. The average time taken to deal with direct actions and appeals was 16.7 months and 14.3 months respectively (compared with 17.1 months and 15.4 months in 2009).

Categories: Court of Justice of the European Union, Europe, legal and law enforcement
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