Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2021/2109(DEC)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Court to pursue innovative solutions in a transparency effort towards the public, by broadcasting its public hearings and by making their recordings available online; believes that this improvement of transparency would be in line with Article 15 TFEU and would benefit all who work or study in the legal field in the Union;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomNotes the fact that the average length of proceedings for cases concluded before both courts fell to 15.4 months, which is the lowest ever level;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that in 2020 three members each left the Court of Justice and the General Court, with two members arriving at the Court of Justice; notes that, in line with the decision to gradually double the number of judges, there are now 49 judges at the General Court; points out that the Court of Auditors took the view, which is not tasked with reviewing the quality of judicial decisions nor the reform of the General Court, recalled that ‘[b]y 26 December 2020, the Court of Justice must report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the functioning of the General Court, covering [...]its efficiency, the necessity and effectiveness of the increase to [54] Judges, the use and effectiveness of resources and the further establishment of specialised chambers and/or other structural changes’1; welcomes the fact that on 21 December 2020 the Court forwarded this report to Parliament, the Council and the Commission2; notes, however, that the report adopts a cautious conclusion onconveys that, though positive trends have been identified, no definitive conclusions can be drawn as yet with regard to the effectiveness of this increase3; _________________ 1 Special Report 14/2017: ‘Performance review of case management at the Court of Justice of the European Union’. 2 Report provided for in Article 3(1) of Regulation 2015/2422 of 21 December 2020 to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. 3 Pages 553-54 of the Report provided for in Article 3(1) of Regulation 2015/2422 of 21 December 2020 to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that the proportion of women in management positions continued to increase (from 39% in 2019 to 41% in 2020); notes, however, the persistent imbalance concerning the number of women among the judges of both the Court of Justice and the General Court; exhorts, once again, the Members of the Council to address this situation by actively promoting gender parity in the appointment of judges, in line with the principles enshrined in Article 8 TFEU and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and with the commitments taken under Regulations 2015/2422 and 2019/629;