The Procedure before the Court of Justice

Abstract

This chapter describes the procedure before the Court of Justice in appeals, i.e. the written part (appeal application, time-limits, representation, forms of order sought, response, reply, rejoinder, cross-appeal, interventions); the oral part (hearing, Opinion of the Advocate General); the deliberation and the judgment, the disposal of the case by reasoned order; legal aid, costs and other provisions relating to the procedure. The chapter also explains the handling of the case by the departments of the Court. The last section of the chapter deals with the workload of the ECJ and the discussions about introducing a filtering system for appeals, such as a ‘leave to appeal’ mechanism.