Committee Reports::Report No. 06 - Establishment of a European Court of First Instance::29 June, 1988::Appendix

APPENDIX

Workload of the Court of Justice over the period 1985-87 (1).


 

New cases registered

1985

1986

1987

Requests for preliminary rulings

139

91

144

Direct actions

229

179

174

Staff cases

65

58

77

TOTAL NEW CASES

433

328

395

JUDGMENTS DELIVERED

211

174

208

Of the 208 judgments delivered in 1987, 40 were actions under Article 169 EEC.


These can be analysed as follows:


Article 169 actions by Member State and Outcome

MEMBER STATE

TOTAL

DISMISSED

GRANTED

ITALY

19

1

18

BELGIUM

10

2

8

GERMANY

4

0

4

NETHERLANDS

3

0

3

DENMARK

1

0

1

FRANCE

1

1

0

GREECE

1

0

1

LUXEMBOURG

1

1

0

TOTALS

40

5

35

Article 169 application by obligation and outcome

 

TOTAL

DISMISSED

GRANTED

Failure to implement a directive

25

1

25

Article 95 EEC

3

2

1

Staff Regulations

3

1

2

Free movement of goods

2

0

2

Free movement of workers

2

0

2

Right of establishment

1

1

0

CAP

1

0

0

Failure to comply with a Decision

1

0

1

Failure to comply with a judgment of EDJ

1

0

1

Financial contributions

1

0

1

TOTALS

40

5

35

(1) Source: European Law Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, April, 1988.