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1 The Creation of the Court of First Instance and of the Appeal |
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Section 1 The Objective of the Book |
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1 | (3) |
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Section 2 The Creation of the Court of First Instance |
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4 | (9) |
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Section 3 The Creation of the Appeal System |
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13 | (4) |
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Section 4 The Civil Service Tribunal |
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17 | (4) |
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Section 5 The Recast of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice |
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21 | (2) |
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Section 6 The Reform of the General Court and its Impact on Appeals |
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23 | (4) |
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2 The Concept of an Appeal' |
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1 | (2) |
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Section 2 The Appeal Must Be Directed against a Decision |
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3 | (12) |
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Section 3 The Object of the Appeal Must Be the Setting Aside of the Decision |
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15 | (12) |
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1 Inadmissibility of an application for a fresh assessment of the substantive issues |
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15 | (5) |
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2 Inadmissibility of a new claim |
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20 | (2) |
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3 Inadmissibility of an application for revision of a decision of the court sitting at first instance |
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22 | (3) |
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4 Inadmissibility of a request for rectification of a decision of the court sitting at first instance |
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25 | (1) |
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5 Inadmissibility of a request not provided for in the legislation |
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26 | (1) |
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Section 4 The Appellant Must Submit a Criticism of the Decision under Appeal |
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27 | (4) |
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Section 5 Inadmissibility of a New Plea in Law Relating to the Substance of the Dispute |
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31 | (30) |
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31 | (10) |
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2 The possibility of criticising the judgment under appeal in its entirety |
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41 | (2) |
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3 Pleas in law relating to the procedure or to the approach adopted by the court sitting at first instance |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (12) |
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6 Pleas in law based on the interpretation adopted by case-law |
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60 | (1) |
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Section 6 Appeals are Confined to Points of Law |
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61 | (1) |
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3 Decisions Open to Appeal |
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1 | (2) |
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Section 2 Decisions Open to Ordinary Appeal |
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3 | (10) |
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Section 3 Decisions on Costs |
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4 Contesting the Admissibility of the Action at First Instance |
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2 | (10) |
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1 Rejection of a preliminary plea of inadmissibility |
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2 | (5) |
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2 Joining a preliminary plea of inadmissibility to the substance |
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7 | (3) |
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3 Where the admissibility of the action was not challenged before the General Court |
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10 | (2) |
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Section 2 The 2012 Rules of Procedure |
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12 | (2) |
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Section 1 The Principle of No Suspensory Effect |
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1 | (5) |
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Section 2 The Exception in Respect of Regulations |
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6 | (2) |
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Section 3 Procedural Options Open to the Parties |
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1 Applications for interim relief |
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8 | (8) |
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2 Requests for the expedited procedure |
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16 | (3) |
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3 Requests for priority treatment |
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6 The Parties to Appeal Proceedings |
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Section 1 The General Principles and the Provisions of the Statute |
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1 | (7) |
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Section 2 The Persons or Entities Allowed to Bring a Main Appeal |
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8 | (29) |
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8 | (1) |
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A Any parry which has been unsuccessful, in whole or in part, in its submissions |
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9 | (8) |
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B Interveners other than Member States and institutions of the Union |
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17 | (3) |
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C Member States and institutions of the Union |
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20 | (1) |
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(a) The right to bring an appeal |
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20 | (4) |
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(b) Exception: staff cases |
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24 | (2) |
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(c) Appeal by Member States who were interveners before the General Court |
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26 | (1) |
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2 Appeals against decisions refusing applications for leave to intervene |
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27 | (4) |
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3 Appeals against interlocutory decisions |
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31 | (6) |
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Section 3 The Other Parties to the Relevant Case |
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37 | (10) |
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7 Review Confined to Points of Law |
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Section 1 The General Rule |
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1 | (9) |
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Section 2 No Jurisdiction to Review the Findings of Fact or the Assessment of the Facts |
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10 | (7) |
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Section 3 Review of the Legal Characterisation |
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17 | (7) |
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Section 4 Checking for Manifest Inaccuracy or Distortion |
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24 | (14) |
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1 The concept of distortion |
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25 | (8) |
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33 | (3) |
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3 Effects of a finding of distortion |
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36 | (2) |
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Section 5 Review of the Evidence Considered Conclusive |
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38 | (3) |
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Section 6 Review of the Reasons Stated for a Decision or the Grounds of the Judgment under Appeal |
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41 | (3) |
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Section 7 Review of Fines Imposed for Infringement of Competition Law |
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44 | (2) |
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Section 8 Review Relating to National Law |
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46 | (2) |
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Section 9 Review of a Contract |
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48 | (1) |
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Section 10 Conclusion Relating to the Fact that Appeals are Confined to Points of Law |
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1 | (3) |
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Section 2 Competence of the Court Sitting at First Instance |
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4 | (16) |
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1 Review as to the competence of the court |
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4 | (3) |
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A Whether jurisdiction lies with the EU Courts or the courts of the Member States |
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7 | (1) |
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B Respective jurisdiction of the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal |
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8 | (1) |
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2 Review as to whether the scope of jurisdiction has been respected |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (6) |
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17 | (1) |
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C Other areas of jurisdiction |
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18 | (2) |
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Section 3 Review of the Conduct of the Procedure at First Instance |
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20 | (24) |
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1 Evidence relating to the conduct of the procedure at first instance |
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21 | (1) |
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2 The rules governing the organisation and functioning of the General Court |
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22 | (4) |
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3 Essential procedural requirements |
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26 | (2) |
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4 The conditions for admissibility |
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28 | (2) |
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5 Measures of inquiry and of organisation of procedure |
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30 | (7) |
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6 The rights of the defence and the principle of audi alteram partem |
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37 | (5) |
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7 Failure to rule within a reasonable time' |
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42 | (2) |
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Section 4 Review of the Modus Operandi of the Court Sitting at First Instance |
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44 | (15) |
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1 Re-characterisation of the subject-matter of the action |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (7) |
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3 The obligation to respond to the heads of claim and pleas |
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53 | (3) |
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4 Form and content of the judgment under appeal |
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56 | (2) |
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5 Breach at first instance of the duty to raise a plea of the courts own motion |
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58 | (1) |
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Section 5 Review of the Decision on the Substantive Issues |
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9 Consequences of a Finding that the Plea/Appeal is Well Founded |
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Section 1 Ineffective Pleas |
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1 | (8) |
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Section 2 Substitution of Grounds |
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9 | (5) |
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Section 3 Judgment Quashed and Final Judgment in the Case Given by the Court |
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14 | (9) |
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1 `Where the state of the proceedings so permits' |
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14 | (5) |
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2 Final disposal of the case by the Court |
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19 | (3) |
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3 The provisions of the Rules of Procedure |
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22 | (1) |
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Section 4 Judgment Quashed and the Case Referred Back to the General Court |
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23 | (2) |
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Section 5 The Scope and Implications of the Quashing of a Judgment |
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25 | (6) |
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1 | (4) |
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1 The origins of the cross-appeal mechanism |
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3 | (1) |
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2 The 2012 Rules of Procedure |
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4 | (1) |
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Section 2 Classification of Cross-appeals |
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5 | (29) |
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1 Where the cross-appeal concerns the admissibility of the action at first instance |
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6 | (1) |
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2 Where the subject-matter of the cross-appeal is different from that of the main appeal |
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7 | (4) |
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3 Where the cross-appeal has the same subject-matter as the main appeal but is supported by a different plea in law |
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11 | (6) |
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4 The special nature of disputes relating to intellectual property |
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17 | (2) |
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5 Other types of cross-appeal |
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19 | (12) |
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6 Conclusions drawn from the analysis of cross-appeals |
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31 | (3) |
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Section 3 Difficulties Giving Rise to Cross-appeals |
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34 | (13) |
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1 Referral of the case back to the judges who adopted the judgment under appeal |
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36 | (3) |
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2 Res judicata as it applies to those parts of the General Court's judgment which are not contested in the appeal |
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39 | (3) |
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3 The authority of the judgments of the Court |
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42 | (1) |
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4 The influence of rules of national law |
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43 | (1) |
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5 The recent emergence of problems |
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44 | (1) |
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6 The form and content of the judgments of the General Court |
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45 | (2) |
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Section 4 The Recast of the Rules of Procedure |
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47 | (5) |
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Section 5 Advice to Parties Pleading before the Court |
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11 The Procedure before the Court of Justice |
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1 | (4) |
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Section 2 The Written Part of the Procedure |
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5 | (134) |
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5 | (1) |
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A Lodging of the appeal application |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (5) |
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C The file in the case at first instance |
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12 | (7) |
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D Formal requirements regarding the content of the appeal application |
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19 | (13) |
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E The obligation to be represented |
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32 | (4) |
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F Information relating to service |
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36 | (3) |
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G Opportunity to put the appeal application in order |
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39 | (1) |
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H Form of order sought in the appeal application in relation to the appeal |
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40 | (8) |
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I The requirement regarding precision in the wording of the appeal application |
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48 | (9) |
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J Form of order sought in the event that the appeal is declared well founded |
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57 | (9) |
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66 | (1) |
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A Service of the appeal on the other parties to the relevant case before the General Court |
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66 | (4) |
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B Parties who may submit a response |
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70 | (9) |
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C Content of the response and the form of order sought |
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79 | (7) |
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3 The reply and the rejoinder |
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86 | (13) |
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99 | (1) |
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A Submission of a cross-appeal |
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99 | (7) |
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B The content of the cross-appeal |
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106 | (8) |
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C Responses, replies and rejoinders in cross-appeals |
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114 | (2) |
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D The ancillary nature of cross-appeals |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (6) |
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6 The Court's handling of the case during the written part of the procedure |
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125 | (14) |
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Section 3 The Oral Part of the Procedure |
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139 | (32) |
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139 | (13) |
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2 Delivery of the Opinion |
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152 | (5) |
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3 Response to the Opinion of the Advocate General |
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157 | (6) |
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4 Opening or reopening of the oral part of the procedure |
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163 | (8) |
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Section 4 The Deliberations and the Judgment |
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171 | (7) |
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171 | (4) |
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175 | (3) |
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Section 5 Disposal of the Case by Reasoned Order |
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178 | (11) |
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1 Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded |
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179 | (6) |
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2 Appeal manifestly well founded |
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185 | (4) |
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Section 6 Rectification, Interpretation or Revision of a Judgment---Applications Seeking to Remedy a Failure to Adjudicate |
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189 | (8) |
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1 Rectification of a judgment or order |
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189 | (3) |
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2 Interpretation of a judgment or order |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (6) |
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Section 8 Other Provisions |
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203 | (21) |
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1 Interim measures, the expedited procedure and priority treatment |
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203 | (2) |
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2 Protection of anonymity and confidential information |
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205 | (4) |
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3 Amicable settlements, discontinuance, cases which do not proceed to judgment and absolute bars to proceeding |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (2) |
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5 Requests for information---A measure of inquiry |
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214 | (1) |
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6 The language arrangements |
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215 | (6) |
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221 | (3) |
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Section 9 The `Filtering' and Rapid Handling of Appeals |
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12 Appraisal of the Current Situation and Future Prospects |
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Section 1 The Characteristics of the Appeal System of the Court of Justice |
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2 | (9) |
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Section 2 Achievement of Objectives |
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11 | (16) |
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1 The caseload of the Court |
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12 | (6) |
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2 Judicial protection of individuals |
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18 | (9) |
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| Annex 1 Documents Relating to the Court of Justice and to the Appeals Procedure |
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285 | (2) |
| Annex 2 Steps in the Handling of an Appeal |
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287 | (2) |
| Annex 3 Number of Appeals Brought before the Court of Justice and the General Court |
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289 | (2) |
| Annex 4 Outcome of Appeal Cases before the Court of Justice |
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291 | (2) |
| Annex 5 Well-founded Appeals---Number and Percentage of Cases without Referral and with Referral |
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293 | (2) |
| Annex 6 Dismissed Appeal Cases---Number and Percentage of Judgments and Orders |
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295 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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297 | (6) |
| Index |
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