Advocate General

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An Advocate General is a senior legal advisor to the Court of Justice of the European Union who delivers independent, non-binding opinions to assist the judges in reaching their decisions.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
legal advisor ⓘ
position in the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction European Union law ⓘ
appointedBy governments of the Member States of the European Union ⓘ
appointmentMethod common accord of the governments of the Member States ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
duty analyze cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
assist the Court in ensuring uniform interpretation of European Union law ⓘ
deliver independent opinions ⓘ
deliver non-binding opinions ⓘ
interpret European Union law in written opinions ⓘ
propose legal solutions to the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
hasNumber eleven Advocates General (standard number, with possibility of increase) ⓘ
independenceFrom European Union institutions ⓘ
Member States ⓘ
parties to the proceedings ⓘ
influences case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
development of European Union law ⓘ
languageRequirement ability to work with multiple official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasis Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
Treaty on European Union ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
legalStatusOfOpinion advisory ⓘ
non-binding ⓘ
opinionAddressedTo judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
opinionForm delivered in open court ⓘ
written opinion ⓘ
opinionPurpose assist the Court in reaching its decision ⓘ
clarify complex questions of European Union law ⓘ
provide an in-depth legal analysis of the case ⓘ
partOf Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
reportsTo Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
requires high legal qualifications ⓘ
impartiality ⓘ
independence ⓘ
role assists judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
senior legal advisor to the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
termLength six years ⓘ
termRenewable true ⓘ
workLocation Court of Justice of the European Union building ⓘ
Luxembourg City ⓘ
worksOn actions for annulment ⓘ
actions for failure to act ⓘ
appeals ⓘ
direct actions ⓘ
infringement proceedings ⓘ
preliminary ruling procedures ⓘ
staff cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CJUE → hasOffice → Advocate General ⓘ
Lord Slynn of Hadley → positionHeld → Advocate General of the European Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General
Article 177 → restriction → Advocate-General has no right to vote in the Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General
Article 177 → relatedTo → Advocate-General for the State ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General
Antonio Cruz Villalón → positionHeld → Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
subject linked to: Cruz Villalón
linked to: Advocate General
Palace of the Court of Justice, Luxembourg → usedBy → Advocates General of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General
Court of Justice of the European Union building → houses → Advocates General of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General
Court of Justice of the European Union building → usedBy → Advocates General ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General