6 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2016/2154(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the 2015 statistics for the three courts, which make up the Court of Justice confirm the trend seen in recent years as regards the average duration of proceedings, which remains very satisfactory [Court of Justice: 15.3 months for requests for a preliminary ruling (15 months in 2014), 1.9 months for urgent requests for a preliminary ruling (2.2 months in 2014), 17.6 months for direct actions (20 months in 2014) and 14 months for appeals (14.5 months in 2014); General Court and Civil Service Tribunal: respectively 20.6 months (23.4 months in 2014) and 12.1 months (12.7 months in 2014) for all types of case], which makes it clear that the reform of the Court was unnecessary;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that overall the three courts making up the Court of Justice closed 1775 cases in 2015, as against 1685 in 2014, an increase of 4.2%, and that the number of cases brought rose from 1691 in 2014 to 1711 in 2015;; it is estimated, however, that the annual output of the institution has reached an unprecedented level, and that the number of cases brought rose from 1691 in 2014 to 1711 in 2015, registered as the largest number of cases brought in the history of the institution;1a
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the fact that the number of cases solved increased by 57% during the period 2007-2015, largely owing to the coordinated efforts of the courts and auxiliary staff, despite the extremely limited increase in auxiliary staff capacity over that period;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes that judicial reform will allow the Court of Justice as an institution to deal with its increasing caseload more quickly and efficiently and serve the interests of those seeking justice, respecting their right to due process within a reasonable time, in line with the objectives of a high-quality and functional service;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the success of the ‘e- Curia’ application for the electronic lodging and service of court documents, as demonstrated by the growing numbers of access accounts for the application (2914 in 2015, as against 2230 in 2014) and Member States using it (26 in 2015, as against 25 in 2014); encourages Member States to take measures along these lines to promote the use of this application and calls on the Commission to to propose suitable ways of achieving this, for example: public information campaigns in the Member States and the dissemination of documentation through the Member State courts;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes with satisfaction that the Court is working to maintain a balance between men and women in posts with high levels of responsibility (in 2015, 53% of administrators’ posts and 35% of management posts were occupied by women and women made up around 60% of the total staff of the Court of Justice) and that a special working party has been set up to consider obstacles to progress in this area and ways of doing away with them.