The Procedure before the Court of Justice

AbstractChapter 10 contains an analysis of the procedure before the Court of Justice and discusses how written and oral observations may be presented. The chapter examines and explains the following stages: (i) translation of the reference into all the official languages, and the subsequent publication of a summary of the reference in the Official Journal of the European Union, (ii) notification of the reference to the parties to the main proceedings, the Member States, the EU institutions, the EFTA Surveillance Authority, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein as well as, in some cases, other third countries, (iii) submission of written observations, (iv) translation of the written observations into French (working language of the Court of Justice) and appointment of a Judge-Rapporteur Advocates General, (v) notification of the written observations in their original language, in French and in the language of the case, (vi) drawing up of a Preliminary Report (rapport préalable), (vii) oral procedure, (viii) deliberation and voting by the judges and preparation of the judgment, and (ix) translation of the judgment.