Having regard to Article 243 of its Rules of Procedure;

Having regard to the Practice Rules for the Implementation of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court;

Whereas, in direct actions, the summary report for the hearing is a case management tool the purpose of which is to allow the case to be summarised by grouping together or reformulating the pleas in law and arguments of the parties;

Whereas, however, its widespread use has an economic impact, generating a significant translation burden, as well as a procedural impact, in particular on the duration of proceedings, given that it must be finalised, translated and served, in principle, three weeks prior to the hearing;

Whereas with a view to facilitating the expeditious and targeted conduct of proceedings consistent with proactive case management, it is necessary to make provision for a summary report for the hearing to be drawn up only where the General Court or the Judge Rapporteur considers it appropriate to do so in the interests of the proper administration of justice;

Whereas the reports for the hearing drawn up in respect of a joint hearing constitute the only means of becoming acquainted with the pleas in law and arguments of all the parties to the cases which are the subject of that hearing;

Whereas, in practice, the drawing up of a single report for the hearing in certain joint hearings may prove beneficial, but is not expressly provided for by the current wording of the relevant provisions;

Whereas, in joint hearings, the report for the hearing in each case is drawn up in the language of, and is limited to the substance of, that case, although the language of each of the cases that are the subject of the joint hearing may be different;

Whereas, for reasons relating to the proper administration of justice, it is therefore appropriate to provide that a summary report for the hearing is to be drawn up separately for each of the cases concerned by the joint hearing or collectively for all of those cases, save where the General Court or the Judge Rapporteur decides otherwise, and that it is to be served on all parties to whom notice to attend that hearing has been given, in the language of each of the cases concerned;

Article 1

Points 210 and 211 of the Practice Rules for the Implementation of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court (1) are hereby amended as follows:

Article 2

These amendments to the Practice Rules for the Implementation of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

They shall enter into force on 1 June 2025.