D — Statistics concerning the judicial activity of the...

Annual Report 2010 81

Statistics Court of Justice

D — Statistics concerning the judicial activity of the Court of Justice

General activity of the Court of Justice

1. New cases, completed cases, cases pending (2006–10)

New cases

2. Nature of proceedings (2006–10) 3. Subject-matter of the action (2010) 4. Actions for failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations (2006–10)

Completed cases

5. Nature of proceedings (2006–10) 6. Judgments, orders, opinions (2010) 7. Bench hearing action (2006–10) 8. Cases completed by judgments, by opinions or by orders involving a judicial determi-

nation (2006–10) 9. Subject-matter of the action (2006–10) 10. Subject-matter of the action (2010) 11. Judgments concerning failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations: outcome

(2006–10) 12. Duration of proceedings (judgments and orders involving a judicial determination)

(2006–10)

Cases pending as at 31 December

13. Nature of proceedings (2006–10) 14. Bench hearing action (2006–10)

Miscellaneous

15. Expedited and accelerated procedures (2006–10) 16. Urgent preliminary ruling procedures (2008–10) 17. Proceedings for interim measures (2010)

General trend in the work of the Court (1952–2010)

18. New cases and judgments 19. New references for a preliminary ruling (by Member State per year) 20. New references for a preliminary ruling (by Member State and by court or tribunal) 21. New actions for failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations



1. General activity of the Court of JusticeNew cases, completed cases, cases pending (2006–10) (1)

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

02006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010New cases 537 581 593 562 631Completed cases 546 570 567 588 574Cases pending 731 742 768 742 799

New cases Completed cases Cases pending

(1) The figures given (gross figures) represent the total number of cases, without account being taken of the join-der of cases on the ground of similarity (one case number = one case).

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2. New cases — Nature of proceedings (2006–10) (1)


(2) The following are considered to be ‘special forms of procedure’: rectification (Article 66 of the Rules of Proce-dure); taxation of costs (Article 74 of the Rules of Procedure); legal aid (Article 76 of the Rules of Procedure); application to set aside a judgment given by default (Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure); third-party proceed-ings (Article 97 of the Rules of Procedure); revision (Article 98 of the Rules of Procedure); interpretation of a judgment (Article 102 of the Rules of Procedure); examination of a proposal by the First Advocate General to review a decision of the General Court (Article 62 of the Statute of the Court of Justice); attachment procedure (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities); cases concerning immunity (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities).

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010References for a preliminary ruling 251 265 288 302 385Direct actions 201 222 210 143 136Appeals 80 79 78 105 97Appeals concerning interim measures or interventions 3 8 8 2 6Opinions of the Court 1 1Special forms of procedure (2) 2 7 8 9 7

Total 537 581 593 562 631Applications for interim measures 1 3 3 2 2

2010

References for a preliminary ruling

Special forms of procedure

Direct actions

Appeals

Appeals concerning interim measures or interventions



3. New cases — Subject-matter of the action (2010) (1)

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Access to documents 4 4External action by the European Union 5 1 6Agriculture 5 20 25State aid 4 4 15 1 24Citizenship of the Union 2 2Competition 5 13 2 20Financial provisions (budget, financial framework, own resources, combatting fraud and so forth) 1 5 6Company law 12 1 13Law governing the institutions 2 1 17 2 22 2Education, vocational training, youth and sport 1 1Energy 7 7Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH Regulation) 1 1Environment 34 26 1 61Area of freedom, security and justice 5 38 43Taxation 5 57 62Freedom of establishment 1 5 6Free movement of capital 4 3 7Free movement of goods 5 5Freedom of movement for persons 2 10 1 13Freedom to provide services 13 38 51Public procurement 6 5 4 15Commercial policy 1 3 4Economic and monetary policy 1 1Common foreign and security policy 1 6 7Industrial policy 6 6 12Social policy 5 40 45Principles of European Union law 1 11 12Intellectual and industrial property 19 30 49Consumer protection 1 9 10Approximation of laws 10 16 26Public health 1 3 4Social security for migrant workers 2 7 9Transport 13 11 1 25Customs union and Common Customs Tariff 21 21

TFEU 135 381 97 6 619 2Privileges and immunities 4 4Procedure 5Staff Regulations 1 1

Others 1 4 5 5OVERALL TOTAL 136 385 97 6 624 7



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5. Completed cases — Nature of proceedings (2006–10) (1)

2010


Special forms of procedure

Appeals

Appeals concerning interim measures or interventions

Direct actions

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010References for a preliminary ruling 266 235 301 259 339Direct actions 212 241 181 215 139Appeals 63 88 69 97 84Appeals concerning interim measures or interventions 2 2 8 7 4Opinions of the Court 1 1Special forms of procedure 2 4 8 9 8

Total 546 570 567 588 574




6. Completed cases — Judgments, orders, opinions (2010) (1)

Judgments 70.88%

Non-interlocutory orders15.52%

Interlocutory orders 0.96%

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References for a preliminary ruling 239 33 21 293Direct actions 97 42 139Appeals 34 43 1 3 81Appeals concerning interim measures or interventions 4 4Opinions of the CourtSpecial forms of procedure 5 5

Total 370 81 5 66 522

(1) The figures given (net figures) represent the number of cases after joinder on the ground of similarity (a set of joined cases = one case).

(2) Orders terminating proceedings other than those removing a case from the register, declaring that there is no need to give a decision or referring a case to the General Court.

(3) Orders made following an application on the basis of Articles 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU (former Articles 242 EC and 243 EC), Article 280 TFEU (former Article 244 EC) or the corresponding provisions of the EAEC Treaty, or fol-lowing an appeal against an order concerning interim measures or intervention.

(4) Orders terminating the case by removal from the register, declaration that there is no need to give a decision or referral to the General Court.

Other orders 12.64%



7. Completed cases — Bench hearing action (2006–10) (1)

2010

Chambers (5 judges) 58.06%

Chambers (3 judges)

26.61%

President1.01%

Grand Chamber 14.31%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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Full Court 2 2Grand Chamber 55 55 51 51 66 66 41 41 70 1 71Chambers (5 judges) 265 13 278 241 8 249 259 13 272 275 8 283 280 8 288Chambers (3 judges) 67 41 108 105 49 154 65 59 124 96 70 166 56 76 132President 1 1 2 2 7 7 5 5 5 5

Total 389 55 444 397 59 456 390 79 469 412 83 495 406 90 496





8. Cases completed by judgments, by opinions or by orders involving a judicial determination (2006–10) (1) (2)

450

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

02006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Judgments/Opinions Orders

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Judgments/Opinions 389 397 390 412 406Orders 55 59 79 83 90

Total 444 456 469 495 496





9. Cases completed by judgments, by opinions or by orders involving a judicial determination — Subject-matter of the action (2006–10) (1)

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Accession of new States 1 1Agriculture 30 23 54 18 15Approximation of laws 19 21 21 32 15Area of freedom, security and justice 9 17 4 26 24Brussels Convention 4 2 1 2Budget of the Communities 1Citizenship of the Union 4 2 7 3 6Commercial policy 1 1 1 5 2Common Customs Tariff (3) 7 10 5 13 7Common fisheries policy 7 6 6 4 2Common foreign and security policy 4 2 2 2Community own resources 6 3 10 5Company law 9 16 17 17 17Competition 30 17 23 28 13Consumer protection (2) 3Customs union and Common Customs Tariff (3) 9 12 8 5 15Economic and monetary policy 1 1 1 1Energy 6 4 4 4 2Environment (2) 9Environment and consumers (2) 40 50 43 60 48External action by the European Union 11 9 8 8 10Financial provisions (budget, financial framework, own resources, combatting fraud and so forth) 1Free movement of capital 4 13 9 7 6Free movement of goods 8 14 12 13 6Freedom of establishment 21 19 29 13 17Freedom of movement for persons 20 19 27 19 17Freedom to provide services 17 24 8 17 30Industrial policy 11 12 6 9Intellectual and industrial property 20 21 22 31 38Justice and home affairs 2 1Law governing the institutions 15 6 15 29 26Principles of European Union law 1 4 4 4 4Privileges and immunities 1 1 2Regional policy 2 7 1 3 2Research, information, education and statistics 1Rome Convention 1Social policy 29 26 25 33 36Social security for migrant workers 7 7 5 3 6State aid 23 9 26 10 16Taxation 55 44 38 44 66Transport 9 6 4 9 4

EC Treaty 426 430 445 481 482EU Treaty 3 4 6 1 4CS Treaty 1 2EA Treaty 4 1

Procedure 2 3 5 5 6Staff Regulations 9 17 11 8 4

Others 11 20 16 13 10OVERALL TOTAL 444 456 469 495 496


(2) The heading ‘Environment and consumers’ has been divided into two separate headings for cases brought after 1 December 2009.

(3) The headings ‘Common Customs Tariff’ and ‘Customs union’ have been brought together under a single head-ing for cases brought after 1 December 2009.



10. Cases completed by judgments, by opinions or by orders involving a judicial determination — Subject-matter of the action (2010) (1)

Judgments/Opinions Orders (²) Total

Agriculture 14 1 15Approximation of laws 15 15Area of freedom, security and justice 23 1 24Budget of the Communities 1 1Commercial policy 2 2Common Customs Tariff (4) 7 7Common fisheries policy 1 1 2Common foreign and security policy 2 2Community own resources 5 5Company law 17 17Competition 8 5 13Consumer protection (3) 1 2 3Customs union and Common Customs Tariff (4) 12 3 15Economic and monetary policy 1 1Energy 2 2Environment (3) 9 9Environment and consumers (3) 44 4 48European citizenship 6 6External action by the European Union 10 10Financial provisions (budget, financial framework, own resources, combatting fraud and so forth) 1 1Free movement of capital 5 1 6Free movement of goods 5 1 6Freedom of establishment 14 3 17Freedom of movement for persons 16 1 17Freedom to provide services 26 4 30Industrial policy 8 1 9Intellectual property 19 19 38Law governing the institutions 11 15 26Principles of European Union law 2 2 4Regional policy 1 1 2Research, information, education and statistics 1 1Social policy 31 5 36Social security for migrant workers 4 2 6State aid 14 2 16Taxation 58 8 66Transport 4 4

EC Treaty 399 83 482EU Treaty 4 4

Procedure 6 6Staff Regulations 3 1 4

Others 3 7 10OVERALL TOTAL 406 90 496



(3) The heading ‘Environment and consumers’ has been divided into two separate headings for cases brought after 1 December 2009.

(4) The headings ‘Common Customs Tariff’ and ‘Customs union’ have been brought together under a single head-ing for cases brought after 1 December 2009.


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12. Completed cases — Duration of proceedings (2006–10) (1)(judgments and orders involving a judicial determination)

20

15

10

5

02006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010References for a preliminary ruling 19.8 19.3 16.8 17.1 16.1 Urgent preliminary ruling procedure 2.1 2.5 2.1Direct actions 20 18.2 16.9 17.1 16.7Appeals 17.8 17.8 18.4 15.4 14.3

References for a preliminary ruling Direct actions Appeals

(1) The duration of proceedings is expressed in months and tenths of months. The following types of cases are excluded from the calculation of the duration of proceedings: cases involving

an interlocutory judgment or a measure of inquiry; opinions; special forms of procedure (namely taxation of costs, legal aid, application to set aside, third-party proceedings, interpretation, revision, rectification, attachment procedure); cases terminated by an order removing the case from the register, declaring that there is no need to give a decision or referring the case to the General Court; proceedings for interim measures and appeals concerning interim measures and interventions.



13. Cases pending as at 31 December — Nature of proceedings (2006–10) (1)

500

450

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

02006 2007 2008 2009 2010


Direct actions Appeals

Opinions of the Court Special forms of procedure

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010References for a preliminary ruling 378 408 395 438 484Direct actions 232 213 242 170 167Appeals 120 117 126 129 144Special forms of procedure 1 4 4 4 3Opinions of the Court 1 1 1

Total 731 742 768 742 799




14. Cases pending as at 31 December — Bench hearing action (2006–10) (1)

2010

Not assigned 65.08%

President 0.50%

Full Court 0.13%

Grand Chamber6.13%

Chambers (5 judges)24.16%

Chambers (3 judges)4.01%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Not assigned 489 481 524 490 520Full Court 1Grand Chamber 44 59 40 65 49Chambers (5 judges) 171 170 177 169 193Chambers (3 judges) 26 24 19 15 32President 1 8 8 3 4

Total 731 742 768 742 799




15. Miscellaneous — Expedited and accelerated procedures (2006–10) (1)

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Gra

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Gra

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Gra

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Direct actions 1 1References for a preliminary ruling 5 5 2 6 1 3 4 7Appeals 1 1Special forms of procedure 1

Total 5 7 2 6 1 5 4 8

(1) Since 1 July 2000, it has been possible to deal with a case under an expedited or accelerated procedure pursu-ant to the provisions of Articles 62a and 104a of the Rules of Procedure.

(2) Since 1 March 2008, pursuant to the provisions of Article 104b of the Rules of Procedure, an urgent preliminary ruling procedure has been available for cases falling within the area of freedom, security and justice.

16. Miscellaneous — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure (2008–10) (2)

2008 2009 2010

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gra

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Not

gra

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Agriculture 1Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters 2 1 1Area of freedom, security and justice 1 1 2 5 1

Total 3 3 2 1 5 1



17. Miscellaneous — Proceedings for interim measures (2010) (1)

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Access to documents 1State aid 1Competition 2 3Law governing the institutions 2 1Environment 1Commercial policy 1Intellectual and industrial property 1 1

OVERALL TOTAL 3 6 5

(1) The figures given (net figures) represent the number of cases after joinder on the ground of similarity (a set of joined cases = one case).



18. General trend in the work of the Court (1952–2010) — New cases and judgments

Year

New cases (¹)

Judg

men

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1953 4 41954 10 10 21955 9 9 2 41956 11 11 2 61957 19 19 2 41958 43 43 101959 46 1 47 5 131960 22 1 23 2 181961 24 1 1 26 1 111962 30 5 35 2 201963 99 6 105 7 171964 49 6 55 4 311965 55 7 62 4 521966 30 1 31 2 241967 14 23 37 241968 24 9 33 1 271969 60 17 77 2 301970 47 32 79 641971 59 37 96 1 601972 42 40 82 2 611973 131 61 192 6 801974 63 39 102 8 631975 61 69 1 131 5 781976 51 75 1 127 6 881977 74 84 158 6 1001978 146 123 1 270 7 971979 1 218 106 1 324 6 1381980 180 99 279 14 1321981 214 108 322 17 1281982 217 129 346 16 1851983 199 98 297 11 1511984 183 129 312 17 1651985 294 139 433 23 2111986 238 91 329 23 1741987 251 144 395 21 2081988 193 179 372 17 2381989 244 139 383 19 188

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Court of Justice StatisticsYe

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Judg

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1990 221 141 15 1 378 12 1931991 140 186 13 1 2 342 9 2041992 251 162 24 1 2 440 5 2101993 265 204 17 486 13 2031994 125 203 12 1 3 344 4 1881995 109 251 46 2 408 3 1721996 132 256 25 3 416 4 1931997 169 239 30 5 443 1 2421998 147 264 66 4 481 2 2541999 214 255 68 4 541 4 2352000 197 224 66 13 2 502 4 2732001 187 237 72 7 503 6 2442002 204 216 46 4 470 1 2692003 277 210 63 5 1 556 7 3082004 219 249 52 6 1 527 3 3752005 179 221 66 1 467 2 3622006 201 251 80 3 535 1 3512007 221 265 79 8 573 3 3792008 210 288 77 8 1 584 3 3332009 143 302 104 2 1 552 1 3772010 136 385 97 6 624 2 370

Total 8 601 7 005 1 118 85 19 16 828 351 8 637

(1) Gross figures; special forms of procedure are not included.

(2) Net figures.


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155

322

171

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319

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434

138

282

2616

179

1989

132

471

22

2810

118

114

139

1990

175

344

26

2125

49

212

141

1991

192

542

35

2936

217

314

186

1992

163

621

515

221

181

1816

219

9322

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241

433

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444

213

3646

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124

203

1995

148

513

1010

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219

25

620

251

1996

304

664

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702

106

63

421

256

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197

461

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324

352

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1823

919

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35

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392

2116

72

624

264

1999

133

492

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423

567

45

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347

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512

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318

54

261

224

2001

105

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73

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412

313

75

1421

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24

89

454

2815

14

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210

2004

244

501

188

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12

2812

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522

249

2005

211

451

211

1017

182

336

151

24

1112

221

2006

173

377

114

1724

341

14

2012

23

15

210

251

2007

221

25

592

28

1426

431

219

207

31

15

616

265

2008

241

671

21

917

1239

13

34

634

254

14

714

288

2009

358

53

592

1111

2829

14

310

124

1510

31

21

25

281

302

2010

379

310

714

622

3349

32

96

2415

810

171

56

629

385

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118

1513

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20. General trend in the work of the Court (1952–2010) — New references for a preliminary ruling (by Member State and by court or tribunal)

TotalBelgium Cour constitutionnelle 17

Cour de cassation 77Conseil d’État 62

Other courts or tribunals 495 651Bulgaria Софийски ґрадски съд Търґовско отделение 1

Other courts or tribunals 17 18Czech Republic Nejvyšší soud 1

Nejvyšší správní soud 5Ústavní soud

Other courts or tribunals 9 15Denmark Højesteret 29

Other courts or tribunals 106 135Germany Bundesgerichtshof 130

Bundesverwaltungsgericht 100Bundesfinanzhof 272

Bundesarbeitsgericht 23Bundessozialgericht 74

Staatsgerichtshof des Landes Hessen 1Other courts or tribunals 1 202 1 802

Estonia Riigikohus 1Other courts or tribunals 5 6

Ireland Supreme Court 18High Court 15

Other courts or tribunals 22 55Greece Άρειος Πάγος 10

Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας 44Other courts or tribunals 97 151

Spain Tribunal Supremo 35Audiencia Nacional 1

Juzgado Central de lo Penal 7Other courts or tribunals 201 244

France Cour de cassation 93Conseil d’État 63

Other courts or tribunals 660 816Italy Corte suprema di Cassazione 108

Corte Costituzionale 1Consiglio di Stato 64

Other courts or tribunals 883 1 056Cyprus Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο 2

Other courts or tribunals 2>>>



TotalLatvia Augstākā tiesa 9

Satversmes tiesa Other courts or tribunals 1 10

Lithuania Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucinis Teismas 1Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas 3

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis Teismas 3Other courts or tribunals 3 10

Luxembourg Cour supérieure de justice 10Cour de cassation 8

Conseil d’État 13Cour administrative 7

Other courts or tribunals 35 73Hungary Legfelsőbb Bíróság 3

Fővárosi ĺtélőtábla 2Szegedi Ítélötáblá 1

Other courts or tribunals 27 33Malta Constitutional Court

Qorti ta’ l- AppelOther courts or tribunals 1 1

Netherlands Raad van State 74Hoge Raad der Nederlanden 194

Centrale Raad van Beroep 49College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven 139

Tariefcommissie 34Other courts or tribunals 277 767

Austria Verfassungsgerichtshof 4Oberster Gerichtshof 78

Oberster Patent- und Markensenat 3Bundesvergabeamt 24

Verwaltungsgerichtshof 61Vergabekontrollsenat 4

Other courts or tribunals 189 363Poland Sąd Najwyższy 5

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny 12Trybunał Konstytucyjny

Other courts or tribunals 15 32Portugal Supremo Tribunal de Justiça 2

Supremo Tribunal Administrativo 40Other courts or tribunals 35 77

Romania Tribunal Dâmboviţa 2Other courts or tribunals 17 19

>>>



TotalSlovenia Vrhovno sodišče

Ustavno sodišče Other courts or tribunals 3 3

Slovakia Ústavný Súd Najvyšší súd 5

Other courts or tribunals 3 8Finland Korkein hallinto-oikeus 29

Korkein oikeus 11Other courts or tribunals 24 64

Sweden Högsta Domstolen 14Marknadsdomstolen 5

Regeringsrätten 24Other courts or tribunals 44 87

United Kingdom House of Lords 40Court of Appeal 64

Other courts or tribunals 401 505Others Cour de justice Benelux/Benelux Gerechtshof (1) 1 1

Complaints Board of the European Schools (2) 1 1Total 7 005

(1) Case C-265/00 Campina Melkunie.

(2) Case C-196/09 Miles and Others.


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