European Court of Justice

Nicky — 2007-03-01T11:07:41Z

The Court of Justice of the European Communities, located in Luxemburg, is made up of one judge from each EU country. The Court is assisted by eight advocates-general whose role is to present reasoned opinions on the cases brought before the Court. The Court's role is to ensure that EU law is complied with, and that all Treaties are correctly interpreted and applied. The Court also makes sure that EU member states and institutions do what the law requires. It also has the power to settle legal dispute between EU member states, EU institutions, businesses and individuals.

CASE	PARTIES	FIELD
C-483/06	Commission v Italy	Approximation of laws
C-374/06	BATIG	Taxation
C-351/06	Commission v Germany	Approximation of laws
C-280/06	Autoritá Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato	Competition
C-343/05	Commission v Finland	Approximation of laws
C-288/05	Kretzinger	Policial and Judicial Cooperation in criminal matters
C-495/04	Smits-Koolhoven	Taxation
C-494/04	Heintz van Landenwijck	Taxation
C-197/04	Commission v Germany	Taxation
C-380/03	Germany v European Parliament and Council	Approximation of laws
C-210/03	Swedish Match	Approximation of laws
C-434/02	Arnold André	Approximation of laws
C-491/01	British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco	Approximation of laws
C-275/01	Sinclair Collis	Taxation
C-313/00	Zino Davidoff and Davidoff & Cie v European Parliament and Council	Environment and Consumers
C-281/00	Una Film “City Reveu” v European Parliament and Council	Environment and Consumers
C-74/99	Imperial Tobacco and Others	Approximation of laws
C-376-98	Germany v European Parliament and Council	Approximation of laws
C-319-96	Brinkmann Tabakfabriken	Approximation of laws
C-296/95	Customs and Excise	Taxation
C-387/93	Giorgio Domingo Banchero	Competition
C-64/93	Donatab v Commission	Approximation of laws
C-11/92	Secretary of State for Health	Approximation of laws
C-222/91	Ministero delle Finanze e Ministero della Sanitá	Approximation of laws
C-287/89	Commission v Belgium	Taxation
169/87	Commission v France	Approximation of laws
298/86	Commission v Belgium	Approximation of laws
90/82	Commission v France	Approximation of laws
13-77	SA G.B.-INNO-B.M.	Competition

Court of First Instance

Nicky — 2007-03-01T10:52:52Z

The Court of First Instance was created in 1989 to help the European Court of Justice cope with the large number of cases brought before it, and to offer citizens better legal protection. This Court (which is attached to the Court of Justice) is responsible for giving ruling on certain kinds of case, particularly actions brought by private individuals, companies and some organisations, and cases relating to competition law.

CASE	PARTIES	FIELD
T-385/05	Transnáutica v Commission	Customs Union
T-37/05	World Wide Tobacco España v Commission	Competition
T-311/03	Nürburgring v European Parliament and Council	Environment and Consumers
T-310/03	Kreuzer Medien v European Parliament and Council	Environment and Consumers
T-170/03	British American Tobacco v Commission	Law governing the institutions
T-154/02	Villiger Söhne v Council	Taxation
T-223/01	Japan Tobacco Inc. and JT International v European Parliament and Council	Approximation of laws
T-172/98	Salamander AG v European Parliament and Council	Environment and Consumers

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European Court of Justice

Court of First Instance