Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal

Given that the Treaty of Nice provided for the possibility of creating specialized courts at the European Union level in 2003, the EU Council decided on 2 November 2004 to establish the Civil Service Tribunal, with jurisdiction, previously exercised by the General Court of the European Union, to hear disputes between the European Union and its staff. In 2015, taking into account the increase in the number of cases brought and the excessively long duration of proceedings before the EU General Court, the Union legislator decided to gradually increase the number of judges in the EU General Court to 56 and to transfer the responsibilities of the Civil Service Tribunal to the General Court. The Civil Service Tribunal was abolished on 1 September 2016.