Strasbourg, 7 April 2022
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. 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 ___________
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 |
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:
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 |
________/ 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:
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 |
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.
_____ / 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:
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 |
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 |
***
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 |
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
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: _______
70. Do you regularly monitor court activities (performance and quality) concerning:
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:
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:
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 |
91. First instance courts: number of other than criminal law 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:
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 |
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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:
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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:
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 |
107. Public prosecutors: Total number of 1st instance criminal cases
|
_____/ NA / NAP |
|
_____/ NA / NAP |
|
_____/ 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 |
|
|
_____/ 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 |
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 |
|
|
|
|
Special pension |
|
|
Housing |
|
|
Other financial benefit |
|
|
134. If “other financial benefit”, please specify:
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 |
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 mediation7.1.1 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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