Strasbourg, 27 June 2017                                         

CEPEJ-GT-EVAL(2016)6rev3

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF JUSTICE (CEPEJ)

General information national correspondent

Country                  

First name                                                                             Last name              

Position                                                                                            Organisation          

Email                                                                                    Telephone              

Demographic and economic data

Reference year:

1.         Inhabitants, GDP and average gross annual salary (complete the table)

Number of inhabitants
Per capita GDP (gross domestic product) in euro
Average gross annual salary in euro

2.         Total annual budget allocated to all courts (in euro)             

3.         Does this budget of the courts include the following items?

         Please give for each item a specification of the amount concerned (if possible).

	Yes	Amount (in euro)
Annual public budget allocated to (gross) salaries
Annual public budget allocated to computerisation (equipment, investments, maintenance)
Annual public budget allocated to justice expenses (expertise, interpretation, etc.) without legal aid. NB: this does not concern taxes and fees to be paid by the parties
Annual public budget allocated to court buildings (maintenance, operating costs)
Annual public budget allocated to investments in new (court) buildings
Annual public budget allocated to training
Other

Please specify if these allocated budgets (questions 2 and 3) are:

 approved budgets        implemented budgets

Comment:

4.         If you cannot answer question 2 because you cannot isolate the budget allocated to courts from the budget allocated to public prosecution services and/or legal aid, please fill in only the appropriate line in the table according to your system:

	Approved budget (in euro)	Implemented budget (in euro)
Total annual public budget allocated to all courts and public prosecution services together
Total annual public budget allocated to all courts and legal aid together
Total annual public budget allocated to all courts, public prosecution services and legal aid together

Legal aid (access to justice)

5.         Annual number of cases brought to court for which legal aid has been granted and annual public budget allocated to legal aid (complete the table)

	Number	Amount
Criminal cases
Other than criminal cases
Total of cases for which legal aid has been granted

Please specify if the budget allocated to legal aid is:

 approved budget         implemented budget

Comment:

6.         Does legal aid concern non-litigious cases or cases not brought to court (legal consultation, alternative dispute resolutions, etc.)?

 Yes     No

Organisation of the court system and the public prosecution

7.         Number of courts considered as legal entities (administrative structures) and geographic locations.

First instance courts of general jurisdiction (legal entities)
First instance specialised courts (legal entities)
All the courts (geographic locations) (this includes first instance courts of general jurisdiction, first instance specialised courts, all second instance courts and courts of appeal and all supreme courts)

8.         Judges, non-judge staff and Rechtspfleger (complete the table)

	Total number	Male	Female
Professional judges (in full time equivalent and permanent posts)
Professional judges sitting in courts on an occasional basis and paid accordingly
Non-professional judges (including lay-judges) who are not remunerated but who can possibly receive a defrayal of costs
Non-judge staff working in courts (in full time equivalent and permanent posts)
Rechtspfleger (if applicable)

9.         Public prosecutors and non-prosecutor staff of the public prosecution services (complete the table in full time equivalent and permanent posts)

	Total number	Male	Female
Number of public prosecutors
Number of staff (non-prosecutors) attached to public prosecution services

Use of information technologies in courts

10.      Basic facilities (micro-computers, internet connection and e-mail) used for direct assistance to judges / prosecutors / court clerks

• Equipment rate: ○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA
• Equipment policy coordinated at national level:    Yes No
• Average internet speed in courts (use the scale described in the explanatory note to answer this question):  ○Very high speed  ○High speed  ○Medium speed ○Low speed ○NA

11.      Do you use a case management system? (software or group of softwares used for the recording of judicial proceedings and their management)

Yes No

If yes, please specify the following information:

	Equipment rate	Centralised or interoperable database	Early warning signals (for active case management)	Denomination(s) of the system(s)
Database for all matters	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No	Yes No
If no, please fill in the questionnaire for the matter(s) concerned:
Civil and/or commercial	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No	Yes No
Criminal	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No	Yes No
Administrative	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No	Yes No
Other	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No	Yes No

12.      Are there statistics tools to measure courts activity? (tool, directly linked or not to the case management system of Q11, allowing to quantify among others the number of incoming, resolved and pending cases by type of case – e.g.: infocentres, data warehouse, etc.)

Yes No

If yes, please specify the following information:

	Equipment rate	Data consolidated at national level	Denomination(s) of the system(s)
Unique statistical tool for all matters	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No
If no, please fill in the questionnaire for the matter(s) concerned:
Civil and/or commercial	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No
Criminal	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No
Administrative	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No
Other	○100% ○50-99% ○10-49%1-9% ○0% (NAP) ○NA	Yes No

The performance and workload of the courts and the public prosecution

13.      Litigious civil cases and administrative law cases brought to courts (complete the table)

           

14.          Number of cases received and processed by the public prosecutor (complete the table)

15.      Criminal cases in the courts(complete the table)

Salaries of judges and prosecutors

16.      Salaries of judges and prosecutors (at 31 December of the reference year):

Lawyers

17.          Total number of lawyers practising in your country:

     

Alternative dispute resolutions

18.          Does the legal system provide for the following alternative dispute resolutions (ADR):

 Judicial mediation

 Mediation other than judicial mediation            

 Arbitration                                                      

 Conciliation                                                    

 Other ADR

If "other ADR", please specify:

              

Legal and judicial reforms (optional question)

19.          Please describe the main legal and judicial reforms in your country which contribute to the improvement of the quality and efficiency of justice: