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The Registry of the Court is located at the Court of Appeal in Luxembourg and has sub-registries at every division of the Court of First Instance. [Please see the locations page for more information regarding the locations of the Court.]

The Registry plays a key role in the functioning of the Court. It fulfils administrative and procedural tasks for the court and is led by the Registrar. A Deputy-Registrar is responsible for the sub-registries. Both, the Registrar and the Deputy-Registrar, are appointed by the Presidium for a renewable term of six years.

The Registrar’s tasks involve in particular

  • to organise the court proceedings and keep the register which includes records of all cases before the Court;
  • to keep lists of judges and representatives;
  • to publish the decisions of the Court;
  • to maintain the Court’s IT system;
  • to assist the Presidium in the preparation of the Court’s budget and to implement the budget;
  • to publish annual statistical data, and other Court related information;
  • to prepare and publish the official communication of the Court;
  • to provide secretarial support to the Administrative, Budget and the Advisory Committees.

The Deputy-Registrar has particular tasks related to the Court of First Instance, such as inter alia

  • the organisation of the sub-registries;
  • to keep records of all cases before the Court of First Instance;
  • to provide administrative and procedural assistance to the divisions of the Court of First Instance;
  • to handle the communication of the Court of First instance;
  • budgetary and IT related functions in relation to the Court of First Instance.

The sub-registries are responsible for the tasks assigned to the Registry in the legal proceedings at each respective division of the Court of First instance. It is their obligation to ensure that each case lodged at their division is properly recorded in the Register.