
In each Court, the judges select a President who serves a renewable term of 3 years. In practice, this means that this court deals mainly with competition law, State aid, trade, agriculture, trade marks.Įach judge and advocate general is appointed for a renewable 6-year term, jointly by national governments. General Court – rules on actions for annulment brought by individuals, companies and, in some cases, EU governments.Court of Justice – deals with requests for preliminary rulings from national courts, certain actions for annulment and appeals.sanctioning EU institutions (actions for damages) – any person or company who has had their interests harmed as a result of the action or inaction of the EU or its staff can take action against them through the Court.If they don't, EU governments, other EU institutions or (under certain conditions) individuals or companies can complain to the Court. ensuring the EU takes action (actions for failure to act) – the Parliament, Council and Commission must make certain decisions under certain circumstances.Private individuals can also ask the Court to annul an EU act that directly concerns them. annulling EU legal acts (actions for annulment) – if an EU act is believed to violate EU treaties or fundamental rights, the Court can be asked to annul it – by an EU government, the Council of the EU, the European Commission or (in some cases) the European Parliament.If the country is found to be at fault, it must put things right at once, or risk a second case being brought, which may result in a fine. Can be started by the European Commission or another EU country. enforcing the law (infringement proceedings) – this type of case is taken against a national government for failing to comply with EU law.The same mechanism can be used to determine whether a national law or practice is compatible with EU law.

If a national court is in doubt about the interpretation or validity of an EU law, it can ask the Court for clarification.

General Court: 2 judges from each EU country.

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Court of Justice: 1 judge from each EU country, plus 11 advocates general.Role: Ensuring EU law is interpreted and applied the same in every EU country ensuring countries and EU institutions abide by EU law.
