7 Amendments of Andrew DUFF related to 2011/0901(COD)
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In order to increase theprovide for broader participation ofby all the Judges in the decisions ofand to allow them to sit more frequently in cases assigned to the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice, there should be an increase in the number of Judges who may participate in the Grand Chamber, and the automatic participation of the Presidents of Chambers of five Judges should cease.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Consequently, the necessary measures should be taken to address this situation, and the possibility, provided for by the Treaties, of increasing the number of Judges of the General Court from 27 to 39 is such as to enable both the volume of pending cases and the excessive duration of proceedings before the General Court to be reduced within a short time.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The arrangement for nominating judges to the General Court should be modified to reflect a balance between the objective of ensuring the best possible representation of all national legal systems and the need to respond to the requirements of a General Court which is structured more in terms of specialised chambers for each subject. To that end, half of the new Judges (in other words, six of them) should be nominated in line with a procedure that meets this need for specialisation.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) The basic principle should be that the General Court should comprise at least one Judge and at most two Judges having the nationality of each Member State.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a. The first paragraph of Article 9 shall be replaced by the following: 'When, every three years, the Judges are partially replaced, 20 and 19 Judges shall be replaced alternately.'.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
The Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with Article 257 TFEU, may attach temporary Judges to the specialised courts in order to cover the absence of Judges who, while not suffering from disablement deemed to be total, are prevented from participating in judicial business for an extended period of time. In that event, the Parliament and the Council shall lay down the conditions under which the temporary Judges shall be appointed, their rights and duties, the detailed rules governing the performance of their duties and the circumstances in which they shall cease to perform those duties. Those provisions shall ensure, moreover, that the temporary Judges enjoy comparable rights and are entitled to assume the same functions as permanent Judges, in order to guarantee the uncompromised authority of the Court's judgments.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The 12 judges appointed following the entry into force of this Regulation shall take up their posts immediately once they have taken the oath. Six of them shall be chosen at random and their term of office shall end six years after the first partial replacement of the General Court following the entry into force of this Regulation. The term of office of the other six Judges shall end six years after the second partial replacement of the General Court following the entry into force of this Regulation.