Organisation chart of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.

Diagram illustrating the organisation of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities from 6 October 2000 to 6 October 2003.

Diagram illustrating the organisation of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities from 6 October 2003 to 30 April 2004.

Diagram illustrating the organisation of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities from 1 May 2004 to 5 October 2005.

Diagram showing the organisation of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities from 6 October 2005 to 31 December 2006, including the European Union Civil Service Tribunal.

Diagram illustrating the organisation of the Court of Justice and of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities since 1 January 2007, including the European Union Civil Service Tribunal.

The former President of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the Spaniard Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, describes the many roles that fall within his remit.

In an interview granted to the CVCE in November 2003, Pierre Pescatore, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities from 1967 to 1985, recalls the background to the issue of the election from among the Judges of the President of the Court of Justice.

Jean Monnet évoque, dans ses Mémoires, l'arrivée de Maurice Lagrange, rédacteur du Traité CECA, puis avocat général à la Cour de justice.

During the solemn court hearing of 8 October 1964, Maurice Lagrange talks about the duties of the Advocate General and the role of the Court of Justice.

Example of an opinion of an Advocate General, delivered in connection with Case C-271/92, 'Laboratoire de prothèses oculaires', on the subject of the free movement of goods. Advocate General Tesauro considers whether the requirement of a professional qualification for the sale of optical products constitutes 'a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction' within the meaning of Article 30 (new Article 28) and, if so, whether this restriction is justified by the imperative requirements of the protection of health under the terms of Article 36 (new Article 30). The Advocate General, carrying out his examination in the light of the case law of the Court, places the case in its context and deduces the main issues. The task of the Advocate General to provide clarification is clear: as he classifies the judgments of the Court into three groups, corresponding to three different kinds of solutions, he systematises the Court's approach in respect of the free movement of goods, thus rendering it easier to comprehend.

This study highlights the specific features of the institution of Advocate General, his or her institutional status and role within the Court of Justice of the European Communities. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer has been an Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 19 January 1995.

Advocates General play a special role within the Court of Justice of the European Communities. They are neither judge nor prosecutor, yet they assist with each case and deliver their opinions on questions.

The French Advocate General Philippe Léger explains his role within the Court of Justice.

List of Presidents of the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

Massimo Pilotti, President of the ECSC Court of Justice from 1952 to1958.

Andreas Matthias Donner, President of the Court of Justice from 1958 to 1964.

Charles Léon Hammes, President of the Court of Justice from 1964 to 1967.

Robert Lecourt, President of the Court of Justice from 1967 to 1976.

Hans Kutscher, President of the Court of Justice from 1976 to 1980.

Josse J. Mertens de Wilmars, President of the Court of Justice from 1980 to 1984.

Lord Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart, President of the Court of Justice from 1984 to 1988.

Ole Due, President of the Court of Justice from 1988 to 1994.

Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, President of the Court of Justice from 7 October 1994 to 6 October 2003.

Vassilios Skouris, President of the Court of Justice since 7 October 2003.

List of Presidents of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.

José Luis Da Cruz Vilaça, President of the Court of First Instance from 1989 to 1995.

Antonio Saggio, President of the Court of First Instance from 1995 to 1998.

Bo Vesterdorf, President of the Court of First Instance from 1998 to 2007.

Marc Jaeger, President of the Court of First Instance since 17 September 2007.

List of Presidents of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal.

Paul J. Mahoney (United Kingdom), President of the Civil Service Tribunal since 6 October 2005.