3 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2017/2139(DEC)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with regret that in 2016, the General Court exceeded the reasonable period of time within which a litigant is entitled to expect judgement to be delivered; calls on the Court to include in its annual activity report the number of cases where it exceeded the reasonable period of time, whether the litigant asked Welcomes the overall decrease of the duration of proceedings in 2016, noted by the Court of Auditors in its Special Report No 14/20171a by an average of 0,9 months at the Court of Justice and 1,9 months at the General Court compared to 2015; welcomes the organisational and procedural actions taken by the CJEU to enhance its efficiency and encourages the Court to pursue its effort to ensure the continuation of a downward trend so that all cases are concluded within a reasonable period of time; _________________ 1aCourt of Auditors Special Report No 14/2017 "Perfor man indemnity andce Review of case management at the amCounrt of any corresponding payment;Justice of the European Union".
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Criticises the Court for refusing access for the Court of Auditors to all the documents relevant in audit of the performance review of the CJEU and for only allowing the auditors to consult publicly available documents; reminds the CJEU that the Court of Auditors’ Members and its auditors are bound by confidentiality and professional secrecy in the performance of their duties6 ; regrets that référendaires could not be interviewed despite their crucial role in the CJEU’s work; _________________ 6Please see the Code of Conduct for Members of the European Court of Auditors in article 6 and the Ethical guidelines for the European Court of Auditors applying to the staff in paragraph 4 concerning professional secrecyNotes that the Court of Auditors did not have access to certain documents; underlines that some documents should remain restricted to the Judges, Advocates-General and selected CJEU staff due to the Treaty obligation to maintain the secrecy of the deliberative process6a; calls on the CJEU to provide access for the Court of Auditors to all documents it needs for its audits to the extent as this does not infringe the obligation to maintain secrecy of the deliberative process; _________________ 6aArticle 35 of Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of the European Union.
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the référendaires are very influential within the CJEU but that their role and the rules governules of conduct for référendaires were adopted by the CJEU in 2009 and have been provided to the Committee of Budgetary Control ing their conduct remain unknown to the outside world CJEU’s reply to the questionnaire concerning the 2016 discharge;