7 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2022/2084(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the budget of the CJEU is essentially administrative, with around 75% of the appropriations related to expenditure for Members and staff, andcommitted appropriations amounting to EUR 333 202 822 in 2021, which represents an implementation rate of 98.78% (compared to 98.86% in 2020); notes that almost all of the rest related towas earmarked for expenditure for buildings and IT;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the distribution of posts by sector of activity remains similar to that of previous years, with almost 86% of posts dedicated to jurisdictional and linguistic activities; notes that sustained judicial activity, which requires efficient and rapid recruitment to all posts falling vacant, has meant that a very high proportion (around 97%) of posts continued to be occupied in 2021.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that due to the COVID-19 crisis, estimated additional expenditure of EUR 1.7 million was incurred, mainly for the upgrading of IT hardware and software to facilitate efficient remote working, while EUR 6 million savings were achieved, mainly by reducing expenditure for freelance interpretation, training, missions, cleaning and security; welcomes the fact that these net savings permitted the CJUE to anticipate payments for its buildings, with the aim of reducing its future financial burden;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the significant increase in the number of cases brought before the two courts, numbering 1 720 in 2021 compared to 1 582 in 2020. notes that this increase concerns in particular the Court of Justice and is essentially explained by a significant rise in the number of appeals against decisions of the General Court in line with its augmented level of activity;
Amendment 5 #
6. Welcomes the fact that, notwithstanding a new upturn in the case- load before both courts in 2021, the number of cases disposed of in 2021 increathat year rosed to 1 723 (1 540 in 2020) reaching almost the same level as before the pandemic (1 739 cases in 2019); notes that this parallel trend regarding the overall number of cases brought and disposed of in 2021 also explains why the number of cases pending before the two courts remains stable: 2 541 in 2021 compared with 2542 in 2020.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that the Institution continued to make an extensive use of the secure video conference system for remote hearings, offering potentially simultaneous interpretation to and from the 24 official languages of the Union, in order to address the travel difficulties of some party representatives, enabling them to plead remotely and allowing the court to maintain a very high level of judicial activity in 2021; notes that, since the launch of this system, which has been awarded the Good Administration Award 2021 from the European Ombudsman in the category ‘Excellence in Innovation/Transformation’, and until 31 December 2021, 211 oral hearings with remote participation have taken place;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with interest the high rate of utilisation of e-Curia in 2021 with an increase of 11% in the number of accounts and high percentages of procedural documents lodged before the Court of Justice and the General Court (85% and 93% respectively); welcomes the fact that the introduction of e-Curia in 2011 has had a considerable impact on postal costs, which have fallen by approximately 85% over the period 2011-2021.