Practice Directions to Parties Concerning Cases Brought Before the Court (32020Q0214(01))
Practice Directions to Parties Concerning Cases Brought Before the Court
- PRACTICE DIRECTIONS TO PARTIES CONCERNING CASES BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT
- THE COURT OF JUSTICE,
- HEREBY ADOPTS THESE PRACTICE DIRECTIONS:
- I.
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- The stages in the procedure before the Court and their essential characteristics
- Representation of the parties before the Court
- Costs of proceedings before the Court and legal aid
- Protection of personal data
- II.
- THE WRITTEN PART OF THE PROCEDURE
- The purpose of the written part of the procedure
- The written part of the procedure in references for a preliminary ruling
- The written part of the procedure in direct actions
- The application
- The defence
- The reply and rejoinder
- Request for an expedited procedure
- Applications for suspension of operation or for interim measures (Interim proceedings)
- The written part of the procedure in appeals
- The appeal
- The response
- The cross-appeal
- The response to the cross-appeal
- The reply and rejoinder
- Appeals brought under Article 57 of the Statute
- Confidentiality in appeals
- Intervention in direct actions and appeals
- The application to intervene
- The statement in intervention
- Observations on the statement in intervention
- Applications to intervene made out of time
- Intervention in the context of an application for interim measures or an expedited procedure
- No intervention in references for a preliminary ruling
- The form and structure of procedural documents
- The lodging and transmission of procedural documents
- III.
- THE ORAL PART OF THE PROCEDURE
- The purpose of the hearing
- The request for a hearing
- The notice to attend the hearing and the need for a prompt response to that notice
- The steps to be taken with a view to the hearing
- The normal procedure at a hearing
- The first stage of the hearing: oral submissions
- The purpose of the oral submissions
- Speaking time and its possible extension
- The number of persons presenting oral argument
- The language of oral submissions
- The second stage of the hearing: questions from members of the Court
- The third stage of the hearing: replies
- The implications and constraints of simultaneous interpretation
- The procedure following the hearing
- IV.
- FINAL PROVISIONS
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