EU Civil Service Tribunal: temporary judges

The European Parliament adopted by 591 votes to 20, with 7 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to temporary judges of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal.

Parliament adopted its position at first reading, under the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council. They are purely technical and reproduce those put forward by the Commission in its opinion.

The draft regulation stipulates that on a proposal from the President of the Court of Justice, the Council, acting unanimously, shall draw up a list of three persons appointed as temporary Judges within the meaning of the Statute. That list shall determine the order in which temporary Judges are to be called upon to perform their duties. It is also stipulated that the duties of a temporary Judge shall end when the Judge whom he has replaced is no longer prevented from acting. However, the temporary Judge shall continue to perform his duties until the cases assigned to him have been disposed of.