Judge Rapporteur

In European Court of Justice (ECJ), the term Judge-Rapporteur is defined under article 15 of 'Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice.

Since there is always only one Judge-Rapporteur in one case, judicial assistants named 'Assistant Rapporteur' under article 17(2)(b) of the Rule can be appointed to assist the Judge-Rapporteur.

The Judge-Rapporteur in ECJ writes preliminary report of the case about who should handle the case, and how the case should be handled in pre-trial written stage under article 59 of the Rules, including issues about whether legal aid is need under article 116.

The proposal of Judge-Rapporteur is considered seriously inside the Court, as article 33 of the Rule requires Judge-Rapporteur cannot be abstained from the deliberation of the case.

Following, each of judgments and orders of ECJ should contain information about who was Judge-Rapporteur of the case according to article 87(d) and 89(e) of the Rules.