CJEU judicial statistics 2023

The partial transfer of preliminary ruling jurisdiction from the Court of Justice to the General Court (whose capacity has been doubled in recent years) will ensure a better balance in the workload between the two courts.

Regarding the Court of Justice, there has been an increase in the number of direct actions (actions for annulment and actions for failure to fulfil obligations, in particular in the field of the environment), whereas the questions referred to the Court for a preliminary ruling in 2023 were the most numerous in the area of freedom, security and justice (concerning in particular the right to asylum).

At the General Court, the threshold of the 20 000 cases brought before the General Court since its creation has been
reached, with a particular increase in cases brought in the fields of intellectual property and economic and monetary policy (in particular banking law).

The full press release can be found attached below.