9 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2019/2058(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the distribution of staff by sector of activity remains similar to that in previous years, with at least 85% of posts occupied by staff performing legal and linguistic activities; notes that the occupation rate of posts remained very high in 2018 (97%) due to the sustained volume of judicial work, which requires rapid and optimum recruitment to all vacant posts;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that the average length of proceedings before the Court of Justice decreased in 2018 (15.7 months as against 16.4 months in 2017), but at the same time is concerned that the average length of proceedings before the General Court increased sharply (20 months as against 16.3 months in 2017), although one reason may be the number of very large, complex competition cases that were settled in 2018; stresses, however, that there has been a decrease in the average length of procedures for intellectual property cases, with the duration for cases settled by decision now 18.8 months or 13.5 months, depending on whether hearings are held;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that in 2018 a record number of new cases were brought before the Court of Justice, a total of 849, an increase of 15% over 2017; welcomes the record number of closed cases (760), a 10% increase over the previous year;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the fact that in 2018, for the first time, the General Court passed the mark of 1 000 closed cases (1 009 resolved cases); highlights, at the same time, the significant reduction (12%) in the number of cases pending compared to 2017 (1 333 on 31 December 2018, as against 1 508 one year previously);
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is pleased to see the steady increase in the number of e-Curia account requests (the number of accounts stood at 4865 in 2018, as against 4354 in 2017), and welcomes the fact that e-Curia has been in use in all the Member States since 2016, evidence that effective action has been taken to raise public awareness of the applicationexistence, efficiency, speed and its advantages; emphasises of the application; welcomes the fact that e-Curia has been the only channel for the exchange of informjudicial documentation between parties’ representatives and the General Court since 1 December 2018;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, in 2018, the Court reorganised its internal administration, which is now centred around three directorates-general rather than four: one for administration, one for multilingualism and one for information, with the research and documentation directorate being directly accountable to the Registrar of the Court; notes that the aim is to foster more effective cooperation among all departments at the Court and to ensure that those departments are better able to cope with the requirements imposed on them by the Court’s judicial activities;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the measures the Court of Justice has introduced in the area of equal opportunities, which have led to women being encouraged to fill posts there; highlights in this regard that women occupy 40% of senior management posts and 37% of middle management positions; welcomes the increase in the number of women occupying management posts, which in 2018 rose to 37.5% from 36% in 2017;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10