8 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2013/2199(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the amount of pending and closed cases in the General Court has decreased slightly in 2012 when compared to previous years (i.e. 1 308 pending cases in 2011 and 1 237 pending cases in 2012); regrets, however, that the number of closed cases has been decreasing (i.e. 714 closed cases in 2011 and 688 closed cases in 2012); shares the view that the General Court needs human resourshould take more action to reduce outside Court activities of members and staff; asks the Court of Justice to follow a more transparent approach by publishing on the Court of Justice's reinforcementwebsite a list of the outside activities for each Judge; finds that the proposal for the creation of additional appointments of judges in the General Court, which continues under examination in the Council, could contribute to the effective reduction of pending cases;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Court of Justice and the Civil Service Tribunal have followed the same trend of fewer cases closed and more cases pending when compared to the situation in 2011 (Court of Justice: 849 pending cases in 2011 and 886 pending cases in 2012, with 638 closed cases in 2011 and 595 closed cases in 2012; Civil Service Tribunal: 178 pending cases in 2011 and 235 pending cases in 2012, with 166 closed cases in 2011 and 121 closed cases in 2012); notes that there has been no change of members of the Civil Service Tribunal; asks for clear information on the output of every three-and five-judge- chamber of the Court of Justice and the General Court and of the three-judge and the Single judge Chamber in the Civil Service Tribunal; asks for information on how many cases were treated as rapporteur by the President and the Vice President after the reorganisation of the Court of Justice;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal to give an overview of the number of cases pending since more than 24 months;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the fact that the Court of Auditors recognises that there is still a margin for improvement within the existing means at the Court of Justice's disposal; stresses that the internal reforms implemented in 2012, namely the creation of the new five-Judge chamber and the new three-Judge chamber and the changes in the composition of the Grand Chamber, as well as the revision of the Rules of Procedure, have contributed to certain changes in the system and that more can be done with further reforms; asks the Court of Justice for information on how many cases were attributed in 2012 to each rapporteur in the Court of Justice and the General Court;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Court of Justice to find a way to manage the trend towards an increase in the number of new cases and heavy workload as internal reforms and the revision of the Rules of Procedure alone will not be sufficient in the coming years to significantly decrease the number of pending cases in the Court of Justice; sees one possibility in reducing the weeks without hearings or advisements;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Requests that the Court of Auditors carry out a benchmark study which gives information about the output of comparable Supreme Courts in Member States and the Court of Justice;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that in the years when the mandate of more judges come to an end, which is a process that is forseeable, there is a highcertain risk that productivity will decrease and that the continuity and stability of the Court of Justice's work will be affected; if the Council does not renew the mandate of the judges and if there is a delay in the appointment of the new judgesnsists, that every appointed judge is deemed to be able to start his work at once;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets the fact that the Member States which have joined in the last 10 years are not represented at managerial level in the institution; regrets that out of four Director-General posts, none are held by citizens of those Member States; regrets, furthermore, that no positions at director level are held by citizens of those Member States; reiterates the need for a greater geographical balance at all levels of the administration;