Strasbourg, 7 April 2022

CEPEJ-GT-EVAL(2022)11

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF JUSTICE

(CEPEJ)

EXTRACT OF THE CEPEJ EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE

(CEPEJ study in the framework of the EU Justice Scoreboard)

2021 Data


 

SCHEME FOR EVALUATING JUDICIAL SYSTEMS

Note: If the comments provided by national correspondents in the previous scheme still apply, they must nevertheless be repeated for this evaluation cycle.

Reference year:

Reference year +1:

2021

2022

1.         General and financial information

1.1. Demographic and economic data

1.1.1 Inhabitants and economic information

1. Number of inhabitants (if possible on 1 January of the reference year +1)  ___________

3. Per capita GDP (in €) in current prices for the reference year ___________

4. Average gross annual salary (in €) for the reference year ___________

5. Exchange rate of national currency (non-Euro zone) in € on 1 January of the reference year +1  ___________

1.1.2. Budgetary data concerning judicial system

13. Annual (approved and implemented) public budget allocated to the public prosecution services, in €.

        

Approved budget (in €)

Implemented budget (in €)

Total annual public budget allocated to the public prosecution services, in € (including 13.1)

_______ / NA / NAP

______ / NA / NAP

13.1. Annual public budget allocated to training of public prosecution services

_______ / NA / NAP

______ / NA / NAP

Comments - Please indicate any useful comment to explain the figures provided. Moreover, if the annual public budget allocated to the public prosecution services actually implemented is different from the approved annual public budget, please indicate the main reasons for the differences:

2. Access to Justice and to all courts

2.1 Legal aid

2.1.1. Scope of legal aid

16. Does legal aid apply to:

Criminal cases

Other than criminal cases

Representation in court

 Yes  No  NA  NAP

 Yes  No  NA  NAP

Legal advice, ADR and other legal services

 Yes  No  NA  NAP

 Yes  No  NA  NAP

18. Can legal aid be granted for the fees that are related to the enforcement of judicial

decisions (e.g. fees of an enforcement agent)?

 Yes               No    NAP

Comments - If yes, please specify:

19. Can legal aid be granted for other costs (different from those mentioned in questions 16 to 18, e.g. fees of technical advisors or experts, costs of other legal professionals (notaries), travel costs etc.)?

           

Criminal cases

Other than criminal cases

 Yes  No  NA  NAP

 Yes  No  NA  NAP

Comments - If yes, please specify:

2.1.2 Information on legal aid

20.  Please indicate the number of cases for which legal aid has been granted:

Total

Cases brought to court

Cases not brought to court

Total

________/ NA / NAP

________/ NA / NAP

________/ NA / NAP

In criminal cases

________/ NA / NAP

________/ NA / NAP

________/ NA / NAP

In other than criminal cases

________/ NA / NAP

________/ NA / NAP

________/ NA / NAP

Comments - Please specify when appropriate:

20-1. Please indicate the timeframes of the procedure for granting legal aid, in relation to the duration from the initial legal aid request to the final approval of the legal aid request:

 

Time in days

Maximum duration prescribed in law/regulation

________/ NA / NAP

Actual average duration

________/ NA / NAP

Comments - Please specify if the envisaged timeframe is set in a statutory law, or in other regulation. Furthermore, if different timeframes are envisaged for criminal and other than criminal cases please provide more information:

2.2 Court users and victims

2.2.1 Rights of the users and victims

37.  Is there a system for compensating users in the following circumstances:

Number of requests for compensation

Number of condemnations

Total amount (in €)

Total

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

excessive length of proceedings

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

non-execution of court decisions

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

wrongful arrest

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

wrongful conviction

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Other

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Comments - Where appropriate, please give details of the compensation procedure and the calculation method for the amount of the compensation (e.g. the amount per day for unjustified detentions or convictions):

3. Organisation of the court system

3.1 Courts

3.1.1 Number of courts

42. Number of courts - legal entities.

Total number of all courts - legal entities (1. + 2.)

_____ / NA / NAP

1. Total number of courts of general jurisdiction - legal entities (1.1 + 1.2 + 1.3)

_____ / NA / NAP

1.1 First instance courts of general jurisdiction - legal entities

_____ / NA / NAP

1.2 Second instance courts of general jurisdiction - legal entities

_____ / NA / NAP

1.3 Highest instance courts of general jurisdiction - legal entities

_____ / NA / NAP

2. Total number of specialised courts - legal entities

_____ / NA / NAP

43. Number of specialised courts – legal entities.

First instance

Higher instances

Total number of specialised courts - legal entities

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Commercial courts (excluded insolvency courts)

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Insolvency courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Labour courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Family courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Rent and tenancies courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Enforcement of criminal sanctions courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Fight against terrorism, organised crime and corruption

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Internet related disputes

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Administrative courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Insurance and / or social welfare courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Military courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Juvenile courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Other specialised courts

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Comments - If “Other specialised courts”, please specify:

44. Number of courts - geographic locations.

First instance courts geographic locations (this includes 1st instance courts of general jurisdiction and first instance specialised courts)

_____ / NA / NAP

All the courts geographic locations (this includes 1st instance courts of general jurisdiction, first instance specialised courts, all second instance courts and courts of appeal and all Supreme Courts)

_____ / NA / NAP

***

C. Please indicate the sources for answering the questions in this part:

3.2 Court staff

3.2.1 Judges and non-judge staff

46. Number of professional judges sitting in courts (if possible, on 31 December of the reference year).

(please give the information in full-time equivalent and for posts actually filled for all types of courts - general jurisdiction and specialised courts)

Total

Males

Females

Total number of professional judges (1 + 2 + 3)

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

1. Number of first instance professional judges

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

2. Number of second instance (court of appeal) professional judges

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

3. Number of Supreme Court professional judges

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Comments - Please provide any useful comment for interpreting the data above:

46-2. Number of judges (FTE) by case type.

Total

Civil and/or commercial

Criminal

Administrative

Other

Total number of judges

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

First instance

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Second instance

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Supreme court

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

_____ / NA / NAP

Comments - If “Other”, please explain which types of cases:

52. Number of non-judge staff who are working in courts (if possible on 31 December of the reference year) (this data should not include the staff working for public prosecutors; see question 60) (please give the information in full-time equivalent and for posts actually filled)

Total

Male

Females

Total non-judge staff working in courts (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5)

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

1. Rechtspfleger (or similar bodies) with judicial or quasi-judicial tasks having autonomous competence and whose decisions could be subject to appeal    

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

2. Non-judge (judicial) staff whose task is to assist the judges such as registrars (case file preparation, assistance during the hearing, helping to draft the decisions)

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

3. Staff in charge of different administrative tasks and of the management of the courts (human resources management, material and equipment management, including computer systems, financial and budgetary management, training management)

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

4. Technical staff        

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

5. Other non-judge staff

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

Comments - If “Other non-judge staff”, please specify:

52-1. Number of non-judge staff by instance (if possible, on 31 December of the reference year) (this data should not include the staff working for public prosecutors; see question 60) (please give the information in full-time equivalent and for posts actually filled).

Total

Male

Females

Total non-judge staff working in courts (1+2+3)

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

1. Total non-judge staff working in courts at first instance level   

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

2. Total non-judge staff working in courts at second instance (court of appeal) level

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

3. Total non-judge staff working in courts at Supreme Court level

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

***

3.3 Public prosecution

3.3.1 Public prosecutors and staff

55.  Number of public prosecutors (on 31 December of the reference year):

(Please give the information in full-time equivalent and for posts actually filled, for all types of courts – general jurisdiction and specialised courts).

 

Total

Males

Females

Total number of prosecutors (1 + 2 + 3)

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

1. Number of prosecutors at first instance level

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

2. Number of prosecutors at second instance (court of appeal) level

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

3. Number of prosecutors at Supreme Court level

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

___/ NA / NAP

Comments - Please indicate any useful comment for interpreting the data above:

60. Number of staff (non-public prosecutors) attached to the public prosecution services, if possible, on 31 December of the reference year and without the number of non-judge staff, see question 52 (in full-time equivalent and for posts actually filled).

Total

Males

Females

___ / NA

___ / NA

___ / NA

***

3.5 Use of information Technologies in courts

3.5.4 Writing assistance tools

62-7. Are there writing assistance tools for which the content is coordinated at national level? (models or templates, paragraphs already pre-written, etc.)

Yes  No

62-7-1. If yes, please specify the following information:

Availability  rate

Civil and/or commercial

100% all templates are available for all courts of this matter

50-99% most of the templates are available for all courts or all templates for most of the courts

10-49 % some of the templates are available for most of the courts or most of the templates for some of the courts

1-9% just starting to become available or in testing phase

0% (NAP) does not exist at all for this matter

NA (information is not available)

Criminal

100% all templates are available for all courts of this matter

50-99% most of the templates are available for all courts or all templates for most of the courts

10-49 % some of the templates are available for most of the courts or most of the templates for some of the courts

1-9% just starting to become available or in testing phase

0% (NAP) does not exist at all for this matter

NA (information is not available)

Administrative

100% all templates are available for all courts of this matter

50-99% most of the templates are available for all courts or all templates for most of the courts

10-49% some of the templates are available for most of the courts or most of the templates for some of the courts

1-9% just starting to become available or in testing phase

0% (NAP) does not exist at all for this matter

NA(information is not available)

Comments – If it exists in other matters please specify:

62-8. Are there voice recording tools?

Yes              No

62-8-1. If yes, please specify:

 Availability of simple dictation tools

Availability of multiple speakers recording tools

Voice recognition feature

Civil and/or commercial

available in all courts

available in most of them

available in some courts or only some pilot phases

not available for this matter

available in all courts

available in most of the courts

available in some courts or some pilot phases

not available for this matter

Yes

Pilot testing

No

Criminal

available in all courts

available in most of them

available in some courts or only some pilot phases

not available for this matter

available in all courts

available in most of the courts

available in some courts or some pilot phases

not available for this matter

Yes

Pilot testing

No

Administrative

available in all courts

available in most of them

available in some courts or only some pilot phases

not available for this matter

available in all courts

available in most of the courts

available in some courts or some pilot phases

not available for this matter

Yes

Pilot testing

No

Budgetary and financial monitoring

63-6. Budgetary and financial management systems of courts

Tool deployment rate

Data consolidated at national level

System communicating with other ministries  (financial among others)

Budgetary and financial management of courts

100%

50-99%

10-49%

1-9%

0% (NAP)

NA

Yes No

Yes No

Justice expenses management

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

Comments – If other please specify:

Other tools of courts management

63-7. Measurement tools to assess the workload of judges, prosecutors and/or non-judge/non-prosecutor staff (tool quantifying the activity of judges, prosecutors and/or non-judge/non-prosecutor staff – for example the number of cases resolved)

Yes No

63-7-1. If yes, please specify the following information:

Tools deployment rate

Data used for monitoring at national level

Data used for a monitoring at court local level

Tool integrated in the CMS

For judges

100%

50-99%

10-49%

1-9%

0% (NAP)

NA

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

For prosecutors

100%

50-99%

10-49%

1-9%

0% (NAP)

NA

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

For non-judge/non-prosecutor staff

100%

50-99%

10-49%

1-9%

0% (NAP)

NA

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

3.6 Performance and evaluation

3.6.1 National policies applied in courts / public prosecution services

66. Are quality standards determined for the judicial system at national level (are there quality systems for the judiciary and/or judicial quality policies)?

 Yes  No                                                                                                            

Comments - If yes, please specify:

67. Do you have specialised personnel entrusted with implementation of these national level quality standards?

within the courts                                                Yes  No

within the public prosecution services                Yes  No

 

3.6.2 Performance and quality objectives at court level/public prosecution services

77. Concerning court activities, have you defined performance and quality indicators?

 Yes  No

78. If yes, please select the main performance and quality indicators that have been defined for courts :

 number of incoming cases

 length of proceedings (timeframes)

 number of resolved cases

 number of pending cases

 backlogs

 productivity of judges and court staff

 satisfaction of court staff

 satisfaction of users (regarding the services delivered by the courts)

 costs of the judicial procedures

 number of appeals

 appeal ratio

 clearance rate

 disposition time

 other:

Comments - If “other”, please specify:

77-1. Concerning public prosecution activities, have you defined performance and quality indicators?

 Yes  No

78-1. If yes, please select the main performance and quality indicators for the public prosecution services that have been defined:

 number of incoming cases

 length of proceedings (timeframes)

 number of resolved cases

 number of pending cases

 backlogs

 productivity of prosecutors and prosecution staff

 satisfaction of prosecution staff

 satisfaction of users (regarding the services delivered by the public prosecutors)

 costs of the judicial procedures

 clearance rate

 disposition time

 Percentage of convictions and acquittals

 other:

Comments - If “other”, please specify:

73. Do you have a system to evaluate regularly court performance based primarily on the defined indicators?

 Yes  No

73-0.  If yes, please specify the frequency:

Annual

Less frequent

More frequent

Comments - If "Less frequent" or "More frequent", please specify:

73-1. Is this evaluation of the court activity used for the later allocation of resources within this court?

 Yes  No

73-2. If yes, which courses of action are taken (multiple replies possible)?

 Identifying the causes of improved or deteriorated performance

 Reallocating resources (human/financial resources based on performance)

 Reengineering of internal procedures to increase efficiency

 Other, please specify: ______

73-3. Do you have a system to evaluate regularly the performance of the public prosecution services based primarily on the defined indicators?

 Yes  No

73-4.  If yes, please specify the frequency:

Annual

Less frequent

More frequent

Comments - If "less frequent" or "more frequent", please specify:

73-5. Is this evaluation of the activity of public prosecution services used for the later allocation of resources within this public prosecution service?

 Yes  No

73-6. If yes, which courses of action are taken (multiple replies possible)?

 Identifying the causes of improved or deteriorated performance

 Reallocating resources (human/financial resources based on performance)

 Reengineering of internal procedures to increase efficiency

 Other, please specify: _______

3.6.3 Measuring courts’ / public prosecution services activity

70. Do you regularly monitor court activities (performance and quality) concerning:

 number of incoming cases

 length of proceedings (timeframes)

 number of resolved cases

 number of pending cases

 backlogs

 productivity of judges and court staff

 satisfaction of court staff

 satisfaction of users (regarding the services delivered by the courts)

 costs of the judicial procedures

 number of appeals

 appeal ratio

 clearance rate

 disposition time

 other:

Comments - If “other”, please specify:

70-1. Do you regularly monitor public prosecution activities (performance and quality) concerning:

 number of incoming cases

 length of proceedings (timeframes)

 number of resolved cases

 number of pending cases

 backlogs

 productivity of prosecutors and prosecution staff

 satisfaction of prosecution staff

 satisfaction of users (regarding the services delivered by the public prosecution)

 costs of the judicial procedures

 clearance rate

 disposition time

 percentage of convictions and acquittals

 other:

Comments - If “other”, please specify:

71. Do you monitor the number of pending cases and cases that are not processed within a reasonable timeframe (backlogs) for:

 civil law cases                                

 criminal law cases                          

 administrative law cases                 

72. Do you monitor waiting time during judicial proceedings?

within the courts                                    Yes  No

within the public prosecution services    Yes  No

Comments - If yes, please specify:

3.6.6 Performance and evaluation of judges and public prosecutors

83-2. Are there quantitative performance targets defined for each public prosecutor (e.g. the number of decisions in a month or year)?

 Yes  No

83-3. Who is responsible for setting the individual targets for each public prosecutor

 Executive power (for example the Ministry of Justice)

 Prosecutor General /State public prosecutor

 Public Prosecutorial Council

 Head of the organisational unit or hierarchically superior public prosecutor

 Other, please specify: ______

 NAP

120. Isthere a system of qualitative individual assessment of the public prosecutors’ work?

 Yes  No

120-1. If yes, please specify the frequency of this assessment:

Annual

Less frequent

More frequent

***

C-4. Please indicate the sources for answering the questions in this part:


4. Fair trial

4.2 Timeframes of proceedings

4.2.2 Case flow management - first instance

91.  First instance courts: number of other than criminal law cases.

Type of cases

Pending cases on 1 Jan. ref. year

Incoming cases

Resolved cases

Pending cases on 31 Dec. ref. year

Pending cases older than 2 years from the date the case came to the first instance court

Total of other than criminal law  cases (1+2+3+4)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Civil (and commercial) litigious cases (including litigious enforcement cases and if possible without administrative law cases, see category 3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Non litigious cases (2.1+2.2+2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.1. General civil (and commercial) non-litigious cases, e.g. uncontested payment orders, requests for a change of name, non-litigious enforcement cases etc. (if possible without administrative law cases, see category 3; without registry cases and other cases, see categories 2.2 and 2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.2. Registry cases (2.2.1+2.2.2+2.2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.1. Non litigious land registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.2 Non-litigious  business registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.3. Other registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.3. Other non-litigious cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Administrative law cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

4. Other cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Note 1: the cases mentioned in categories 2.2.1. and 2.2.2. (land registry, business registry) should be presented separately in the table. The cases mentioned in category 3 (administrative law cases) should also be separately mentioned for the countries which have specialised administrative courts or separate administrative law procedures or are able to distinguish in another way between administrative law cases and civil law cases.

Note 2: please check if the figures submitted are (horizontally and vertically) consistent. Horizontal consistent data means that: "(pending cases on 1 January reference year + incoming cases) – resolved cases" should give the correct number of pending cases on 31 December reference year. If this horizontal consistency is not possible due to joined cases, please specify.

Vertical consistency of data means that the sum of the individual case categories 1 to 4 should reflect the total number of other than criminal law cases.

92. If courts deal with “civil (and commercial) non-litigious cases”, please indicate the case categories included:

93. Please indicate the case categories included in the category "other cases":

94.  First instance courts: number of criminal law cases.

Type of cases

Pending cases on 1 Jan. ref. year

Incoming cases

Resolved cases

Pending cases on 31 Dec. ref. year

Pending cases older than 2 years

from the date the case came to the first instance court

Total of criminal cases (1+2+3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Severe criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Misdemeanour and / or minor criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Other criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Comments - If you cannot make a distinction between misdemeanour criminal cases and severe criminal cases (according to the CEPEJ definitions), please specify what cases are reported in those categories. If “Other criminal cases”, please specify:


4.2.3 Case flow management - second instance

97.  Second instance courts (appeal): Number of “other than criminal law” cases.

Type of cases

Pending cases on 1 Jan. ref. year

Incoming cases

Resolved cases

Pending cases on 31 Dec. ref. year

Pending cases older than 2 years

from the date the case came to the second instance court

Total of other than criminal law cases (1+2+3+4)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Civil (and commercial) litigious cases (including litigious enforcement cases and if possible without administrative law cases, see category 3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Non litigious cases (2.1+2.2+2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.1. General civil (and commercial) non-litigious cases, e.g. uncontested payment orders, request for a change of name, non-litigious enforcement cases etc. (if possible without administrative law cases, see category 3; without registry cases and other cases, see categories 2.2 and 2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.2. Registry cases (2.2.1+2.2.2+2.2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.1. Non litigious land registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.2 Non-litigious  business registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.3. Other registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.3. Other non-litigious cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Administrative law cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

4. Other cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Comments - If “Other cases” please specify:

98.  Second instance courts (appeal): Number of criminal law cases.

Type of cases

Pending cases on 1 Jan. ref. year

Incoming cases

Resolved cases

Pending cases on 31 Dec. ref. year

Pending cases older than 2 years

from the date the case came to the second instance court

Total of criminal cases (1+2+3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Severe criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Misdemeanour and / or minor criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Other criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Comments - If you cannot make a distinction between misdemeanour criminal cases and severe criminal cases (according to the CEPEJ definitions), please specify what cases are reported in those categories. If “Other criminal cases”, please specify:

4.2.4 Case flow management – Supreme Court

99.  Highest instance courts (Supreme court): Number of “other than criminal law” cases:

Type of cases

Pending cases on 1 Jan. ref. year

Incoming cases

Resolved cases

Pending cases on 31 Dec. ref. year

Pending cases older than 2 years from the date the case came to the Supreme Court

Total of other than criminal law  cases (1+2+3+4)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Civil (and commercial) litigious cases (including litigious enforcement cases and if possible without administrative law cases, see category 3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Non litigious cases (2.1+2.2+2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.1. General civil (and commercial) non-litigious cases, e.g. uncontested payment orders, request for a change of name, non-litigious enforcement cases etc. (if possible without administrative law cases, see category 3; without registry cases and other cases, see categories 2.2 and 2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.2. Registry cases (2.2.1+2.2.2+2.2.3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.1. Non litigious land registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.2 Non-litigious  business registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

  2.2.3. Other registry cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2.3. Other non-litigious cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Administrative law cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

4. Other cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Comments - If “Other cases”, please specify:

100.  Highest instance courts (Supreme Court): Number of criminal law cases.

Type of cases

Pending cases on 1 Jan. ref. year

Incoming cases

Resolved cases

Pending cases on 31 Dec. ref. year

Pending cases older than 2 years

from the date the case came to the Supreme Court

Total of criminal cases (1+2+3)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Severe criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Misdemeanour and / or minor criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Other criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Comments - If you cannot make a distinction between misdemeanour criminal cases and severe criminal cases (according to the CEPEJ definitions), please specify what cases are reported in those categories.. If “Other criminal cases”, please specify:

4.2.5 Case flow management and timeframes – specific cases

101.  Number of specific litigious cases received and processed by first instance courts.

Pending cases on 1 Jan. ref. year

Incoming cases

Resolved cases

Pending cases on 31 Dec ref. year

Pending for more than 2 years from the date the case came to the first instance court

Litigious divorce cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Employment dismissal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Insolvency

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Robbery case

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Intentional homicide

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP


4.2.6 Case flow management – public prosecution

107. Public prosecutors: Total number of 1st instance criminal cases

  1. Pending cases on 1 Jan. ref. year                  

_____/ NA / NAP

  1. Incoming/received cases

_____/ NA / NAP

  1. Processed cases (3.1+3.2+3.3+3.4)

_____/ NA / NAP

3.1. Discontinued during the reference year (3.1.1+3.1.2+3.1.3+3.1.4.)

_____/ NA / NAP

3.1.1 Discontinued by the public prosecutor because the offender could not be identified

_____/ NA / NAP

3.1.2 Discontinued by the public prosecutor due to the lack of an established offence or a specific legal situation

_____/ NA / NAP

3.1.3 Discontinued by the public prosecutor for reasons of opportunity

_____/ NA / NAP

3.1.4 Discontinued for other reasons

3.2. Concluded by a penalty or a measure imposed or negotiated by the public prosecutor

_____/ NA / NAP

3.3. Cases closed by the public prosecutor for other reasons

_____/ NA / NAP

3.4. Cases brought to court

  1. Pending cases on 31 Dec. ref. year

_____/ NA / NAP

107-1.  If the guilty plea procedure exists, how many cases were concluded by this procedure?

Total

Severe criminal cases

Misdemeanour and / or minor criminal cases

Total number of guilty plea procedures

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Before the main trial

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

During the main trial

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

109. Do the figures provided in Q107 include traffic offence cases? 

 Yes  No

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D-2. Please indicate the sources for answering the questions in this part:

5. Career of judges and public prosecutors

5.3 Practice of the profession

5.3.1 Salaries and benefits of judges and prosecutors

132. Salaries of judges and public prosecutors on 31 December of the reference year:

Category of judges and prosecutors

Gross annual salary, in €

Net annual salary, in €

Gross annual salary, in local currency

Net annual salary, in local currency

First instance professional judge at the beginning of his/her career

_____/ NA

_____/ NA

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Judge of the Supreme Court or the Highest Appellate Court (please indicate the average salary of a judge at this level, and not the salary of the Court President)

_____/ NA

_____/ NA

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Public prosecutor at the beginning of his/her career

_____/ NA

_____/ NA

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Public prosecutor of the Supreme Court or the Highest Appellate Instance (please indicate the average salary of a public prosecutor at this level, and not the salary of the Attorney General).

_____/ NA

_____/ NA

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

133. Do judges and public prosecutors have additional benefits?

Judges

Public prosecutors

Reduced taxation

 

 

Special pension

 

 

Housing

 

 

Other financial benefit

 

 

134. If “other financial benefit”, please specify:

5.4 Disciplinary procedures

5.4.2 Number of disciplinary procedures and sanctions

144. Number of disciplinary proceedings initiated during the reference year against judges and public prosecutors.

If a disciplinary proceeding is undertaken because of several reasons, please count the proceedings only once and for the main reason.

Type of disciplinary proceeding

Judges

Prosecutors

Total number (1+2+3+4)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Breach of professional ethics

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Professional inadequacy

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Criminal offence

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

4. Other

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

Comments - If “other”, please specify:

145. Number of sanctions pronounced during the reference year against judges and public prosecutors. 

Type of sanction

Judges

Prosecutors

Total number (total 1 to 10)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Reprimand

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Suspension

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Withdrawal from cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

4. Fine

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

5. Temporary reduction of salary

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

6. Position downgrade

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

7. Transfer to another geographical (court) location

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

8. Resignation

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

9. Other

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

10. Dismissal

Comments - If “other”, please specify. If a significant difference exists between the number of disciplinary proceedings and the number of sanctions, please indicate the reasons:

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6. Lawyers

6.1 Profession of lawyer

6.1.1 Status of the profession and training

146. Total number of lawyers practicing in your country:

Total

Male

Female

Number of lawyers

______ / NA /

______ / NA /

______ / NA /

147. Does this figure include “legal advisors” who cannot represent their clients in court (for example, some solicitors or in-house counsellors)?

 Yes  No

148. Number of legal advisors who cannot represent their clients in court:

______ / NA / NAP

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7. Court related mediation and other Alternative Dispute Resolution methods

7.1 Court related mediation

7.1.1 Details on court related mediation

166. Number of accredited or registered mediators for court-related mediation:

Total

Males

Females

          / NA / NAP

             / NA / NAP

             / NA / NAP

167. Number of court-related mediations:

Number of cases for which the parties agreed to start mediation

Number of finished court-related mediations

Number of cases in which there is a settlement agreement

Total (total 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5+ 6)

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

1. Civil and commercial cases  

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

2. Family cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

3. Administrative cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

4. Labour cases including employment dismissal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

5. Criminal cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

6. Consumer cases

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

_____/ NA / NAP

 NAP

Comments - Please indicate the source:

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