Activities of António MARINHO E PINTO related to 2017/2139(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, Section IV – Court of Justice
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. AppreciatesPoints out that the budget implementation for the financial year 2016 represents a very high rate of use of final appropriation (98,23 %), even if slightly lower than the 2015 rate (99,1 %), due mainly to the gradual arrival in 2016 of 12 new Judges at the General Court;
Amendment 9 #
4. Notes that the 2016 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 satisfactoryseems to be shorter (Court of Justice: 15 months for requests for a preliminary ruling (15,3 months in 2015), 2,7 months for urgent requests for a preliminary ruling (1,9 months in 2015), 19,3 months for direct actions (17,6 months in 2015) and 12,9 months for appeals (14 months in 2015);
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Applauds the facPoints out that overall the three courts making up the Court of Justice closed 1628 cases in 2016, thea number slightly lower than in 2015 (1775 cases closed) but still very positive; reiterates the importance, with a view to upholding the fundamental rights of EU citizens, of reducing the list of pending cases;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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6. WelcomesPoints out the constant growth of the accesses to ‘e-Curia’ application (numbers of access accounts: 3599 in 2016, compared to 2914 in 2015), and the fact that in 2016 all the Member States used “e- Curia”, showing that the public's awareness of the existence and the advantages of this application has been efficiently raised;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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7. WelcomDeplores the fact that the Court is working towards a gender balance in positions of high responsibility and that the European Parliament and the Council have indicated, among their objectives, a balanced representation of genders in appointing new Judges to the General Court (as of this date, five women Judges and two women Advocates General are part of the organisation chart of the Court and ten women Judges are part of the organisation chart of the General Court)gender balance at the Court of Justice of the European Union still has not been achieved and reiterates its call for more women to be appointed as judges.