European Union Civil Service Tribunal

Civil Service Tribunal name in other official languages; Bulgarian: Съд на публичната служба Czech: Soud pro veřejnou službu Danish: Personaleretten Dutch: Gerecht voor ambtenarenzaken Estonian: Avaliku Teenistuse Kohus Finnish: Virkamiestuomioistuin French: Tribunal de la fonction publique German: Gericht für den öffentlichen Dienst Greek: Δικαστήριο Δημόσιας Διοίκησης Hungarian: Közszolgálati Törvényszék Italian: Tribunale della funzione pubblica Latvian: Civildienesta tiesa Lithuanian: Tarnautojų teismas Maltese: It-Tribunal għas-Servizz Pubbliku Polish: Sąd do spraw Służby Publicznej Portuguese: Tribunal da Função Pública Romanian: Tribunalul Funcției Publice Slovak: Súd pre verejnú službu Slovene: Sodišče za uslužbence Spanish: Tribunal de la Función Pública Swedish: Personaldomstolen
Established	2005
Location	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Appeals to	General Court
Number of positions	7
Website	official website
President
Currently	Sean Van Raepenbusch
Since	2011

The European Union Civil Service Tribunal is a specialised tribunal within the Court of Justice of the European Union. It was established on 2 December 2005.

Legal basis

The Treaty of Nice provides for the creation of judicial panels in certain specific areas. This provision is later amended and codified in Article 257 ("specialised courts") of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by the Treaty of Lisbon:

The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, may establish specialised courts attached to the General Court to hear and determine at first instance certain classes of action or proceeding brought in specific areas. The European Parliament and the Council shall act by means of regulations either on a proposal from the Commission after consultation of the Court of Justice or at the request of the Court of Justice after consultation of the Commission. [...]

The Council of the European Union on 2 November 2004, adopted on that basis a decision establishing the European Union Civil Service Tribunal. The new specialised court, composed of seven judges, is called upon to adjudicate in disputes between the European Union and its civil service, a jurisdiction until 2005 was exercised by the General Court. Its decisions will be subject to appeal on questions of law only to the General Court and, in exceptional cases, to review by the European Court of Justice.

Presidents of the Civil Service Tribunal

Year	Presidents of the Civil Service Tribunal
2005–2011	Paul J. Mahoney
2011–present	Sean Van Raepenbusch

External links

• European Union Civil Service Tribunal: official website