Transfer to the General Court of jurisdiction at first instance in disputes between the EU and its servants

PURPOSE: transfer to the General Court of the European Union of jurisdiction, at first instance, in disputes between the Union and its servants.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2016/1192 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transfer to the General Court of jurisdiction at first instance in disputes between the European Union and its servants.

CONTENT: the Regulation sets the date on which the transfer of jurisdiction to the General Court to rule at first instance on disputes between the Union and its servants is to take effect as 1 September 2016.

The General Court should try European Union civil service cases taking into account the specific features of disputes in that field, including by examining the possibilities for amicable settlement at all stages of the procedure.

In order to ensure the efficient conduct of proceedings in the cases pending before the Civil Service Tribunal on the date of transfer, and to lay down the rules applicable to appeals under examination as at that date, or brought subsequently, against decisions of that Tribunal, the Regulation lays down provisions for appropriate transitional arrangements concerning the transfer to the General Court of European Union civil service cases.

Council Decision 2004/752/EC, Euratom establishing the European Union Civil Service Tribunal and Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 979/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to temporary Judges of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal shall be repealed.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 1.8.2016.

APPLICATION: from 1.9.2016.