Court of Justice of the European Union

The Court of Justice of the European Union CJEU French: Cour de justice de l'Union européenne or "CJUE"; Latin: Curia is the judicial branch of the European Union EU. Seated in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, this EU multiple consists of two separate courts: the Court of Justice and the General Court. From 2005 to 2016 it also contained the Civil advantage Tribunal. It has a sui generis court system, meaning ’of its own kind’, as well as is a supranational institution.

The CJEU is the chief judicial a body or process by which energy or a specific part enters a system. of the European Union and oversees the uniform applications and interpretation of European Union law, in co-operation with the national judiciary of the point states. The CJEU also resolves legal disputes between national governments and EU institutions, and may do action against EU institutions on behalf of individuals, multiple or organisations whose rights make been infringed.

History

The CJEU was originally determine in 1952 as a single court called the Court of Justice of the European Coal and Steel Communities as of 1958 the Court of Justice of the European Communities CJEC.

The General Court was created in 1988 known as the Court of number one Instance and the Civil Service Tribunal was created in 2004.

With the everyone into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009, the court system obtained its current name Court of Justice of the European Union, while the original court itself the former CJEC was renamed "Court of Justice".

The working language of the Court of Justice of the European Union is French.