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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Presentation of Court of Justice's annual report 2003

Brussels, 25/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - During a press conference in Brussels on 24 March, the head of press for the European Court of Justice, Hatto Kaefer, presented the institution's annual report for 2003.

The year 2003, he said, was the years of preparation for enlargement with: the constitution of 20 new posts (10 judges to the Court, 10 to the Court of First Instance: Ed), the "challenge" of working in 9 extra languages, and the arrival of 600 new staff and agents- mainly translators...

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