EU Procedural Law

Koen Lenaerts is President of the Court of Justice of the European Union and Professor of European Union law at Leuven University (KU Leuven). Since 2003, he has been a Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union. From 2012 to 2015, he was Vice-President of the Court of Justice, and, since 8 October 2015, he has served as the President of the Court of Justice. Previously, from 1989 to 2003, he was a Judge of the General Court (formerly the Court of First Instance). He holds a Lic. Jur. and a Ph.D. in Law from Leuven University. He also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) and a Master in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from Harvard University. He is a member of the boards of several internationally recognized legal journals, and has published extensively on issues of EU procedural, institutional and substantive law. He is the co-author of the first edition of EU Procedural Law.Kathleen Gutman is a Référendaire (Legal Secretary) at the Court of Justice of the European Union. She holds a Ph.D. in Law and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in European Studies from Leuven University (KU Leuven). She also holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International and Comparative Law from Duke University School of Law. She previously worked as a summer associate at the Brussels office of Van Bael & Bellis, litigation associate at the New York office of Jones Day, Assistant Professor of European Union law at Antwerp University, and Visiting Professor and Senior Affiliated Researcher at the Institute for European Law, Leuven University (KU Leuven). Her research and practice focus on the fields of EU procedural and institutional law. She is the co-author of the first edition of EU Procedural Law.Janek Tomasz Nowak is a member of the Brussels Bar and Guest Professor at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). He holds a Ph.D in Law from Leuven University (KU Leuven), a Lic. Jur. and Cand. Jur. from Antwerp University, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from King's College London. Since 2021, he has been an associate at the Brussels office of & De Bandt. He previously worked as a Junior Researcher at the Institute for European Law, Leuven University (KU Leuven), Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg, and Visiting Lecturer in European Union law at Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), Austria. His research and practice focus on the fields of EU and Belgian procedural, regulatory, and competition law. He is the editor of the first edition of EU Procedural Law.

• 1: General IntroductionPart I: The Judicial Organization of the European Union2: The Union Judicial System3: Cooperation between National Courts and the Court of Justice: The Reference for a Preliminary Ruling4: Union Law and Member State Procedures and RemediesPart II: Enforcement of Union Law5: The Action for Infringement of Union Law by a Member State6: Preliminary Rulings on the Interpretation of Union LawPart III: Protection Against Union Acts7: The Action for Annulment8: The Action for Failure to Act9: The Objection of Illegality10: Preliminary Rulings on the Validity of Union Acts11: The Action for Damages12: Applications for an Opinion on the Compatibility with the Treaties of an International Agreement To Be Concluded by the UnionPart IV: Special Forms of Procedure13: Proceedings for Interim Measures Before the Union Courts14: Proceedings for Authorization to Serve a Garnishee Order on the Union15: Jurisdiction of the Union Courts to Give Judgment pursuant to an Arbitration Clause or a Special Agreement16: Proceedings Brought by Officials and Other Servants of the Union (Staff Cases)17: Jurisdiction of the Union Courts Over Disputes Relating to Intellectual Property Rights18: Unlimited Jurisdiction of the Union Courts in Respect of Actions Relating to Sanctions19: Appeals20: The Review Procedure21: Jurisdiction of the Union Courts Under Conventions Concluded by the Member StatesPart V: Procedure Before the Union Courts22: Start of the Procedure23: Incidental Elements of the Procedure24: Main Elements of the Procedure25: Conclusion of the Procedure