The Member States' ambassadors to the European Union (Coreper) appointed three judges on Wednesday 6 March, one to the EU Court of Justice and two to the EU Court.
Austrian Andreas Kumin took up his duties as a judge of the Court for a term of office running until 6 October 2024. His appointment completes the partial replacement of the Court after the expiry in autumn 2018 of the terms of office of 14 judges and 5 advocates-general.
On the same day, Tuula Pynnä of Finland and Ramona Frendo of Malta were also appointed judges to the Tribunal. Ms Pynnä will take up her duties from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2022, as part of the third phase of the reform of the Tribunal, which aims to provide it with two judges per Member State.
Ms Frendo will replace Mr Peter George Xuereb until the end of his term of office on 31 August 2019. (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)