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INTRODUCTION (History, purpose of the review and classification of administrative acts, definition of an administrative authority)
1. Main dates in the evolution of the review of administrative acts
2. Purpose of the review of administrative acts
3. Definition of an administrative authority
4. Classification of administrative acts
I – ORGANIZATION AND ROLE OF THE BODIES, COMPETENT TO REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS
A. COMPETENT BODIES
5. Non-judicial bodies competent to review administrative acts
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6. Organization of the court system and courts competent to hear disputes concerning acts of administration
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B. RULES GOVERNING THE COMPETENT BODIES
7. Origin of rules delimiting the competence of ordinary courts in the review of administrative acts
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8. Existence and origins of specific rules related to the competence and duties of the administrative courts or tribunals
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C. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION AND COMPOSITION OF THE COMPETENT BODIES
9. Internal organization of the ordinary courts competent to review administrative acts
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10. Internal organization of the administrative courts
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D. JUDGES
11. Status of judges who review administrative acts
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12. Recruitment of judges in charge of review of administrative acts
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13. Professional training of judges
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14. Promotion of judges
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15. Professional mobility of judges
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E. ROLE OF THE COMPETENT BODIES
16. Available kinds of recourse against administrative acts
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17. Existence of mechanisms for the delivery of a preliminary ruling apart from the procedure under the Article 234 of the EC Treaty
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18. Advisory functions of the competent bodies
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19. Organization of the judicial and advisory functions of the competent bodies
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F. ALLOCATION OF DUTIES AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPETENT BODIES
20. Role of the supreme courts in ensuring the uniform application and interpretation of law
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II – JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS
A. ACCESS TO JUSTICE
21. Preconditions of access to the courts
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22. Right to bring a case before the court
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23. Admissibility conditions
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24. Time limits to apply to the courts
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25. Administrative acts excluded from judicial review
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26. Screening procedures
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27. Form of application
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28. Possibility of bringing proceedings via information technologies
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29. Court fees
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30. Compulsory representation
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31. Legal aid
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32. Fine for abusive or unjustified applications
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B. MAIN TRIAL
33. Fundamental principles of the main trial
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34. Judicial impartiality
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35. Possibility to rely on the new legal arguments in the course of proceedings
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36. Persons allowed to intervene during the main hearing
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37. Existence and role of the representative of the State (“ministère public”) in administrative cases
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38. Existence of an institution or a person with a role analogous to the French "Commissaire du gouvernement"
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39. Termination of court proceedings before the final judgment
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40. Role of the court registry in serving procedural documents
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41. Duty to provide evidence
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42. Form of the hearing
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43. Judicial deliberation
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C. JUDGMENT
44. Grounds for the judgment
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45. Applicable national and international legal norms
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46. Criteria and methods of judicial review
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47. Distribution of legal costs
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48. Composition of the court (single judge or a panel)
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49. Dissenting opinions
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50. Public pronouncement and notification of the judgment
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D. EFFECTS AND EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT
51. Authority of the judgment. Res judicata, stare decisis
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52. Powers of the court in limiting the effects of judgment in time
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53. Right to the execution of judgment
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54. Recent efforts to reduce the length of court proceedings
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E. REMEDIES
55. Sharing out of competencies between the lower courts and the supreme courts
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56. Recourse against judgments
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F. EMERGENCY AND SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS / APPLICATIONS FOR INTERIM RELIEF
57. Existence of emergency and/or summary proceedings
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58. Requests eligible for the emergency and/or summary proceedings
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59. Kinds of summary proceedings
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III – NON-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES
60. Role of administrative authorities in the settlement of administrative disputes
61. Role of independent non-judicial bodies in the settlement of administrative disputes
62. Alternative dispute resolution
IV – ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND STATISTIC DATA
A. FINANCIAL RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS
63. Proportion of the State budget allocated to the administration of justice
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64. Total number of magistrates and judges
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65. Percentage of judges assigned to the review of administrative acts
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66. Number of assistants of judges
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67. Documentary resources
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68. Access to information technologies
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69. Websites of courts and other competent bodies
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B. OTHER STATISTICS
70. Number of new applications registered every year
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71. Number of cases heard every year by the courts or other competent bodies
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72. Number of pending cases
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73. Average time taken between the lodging of a claim and a judgment
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74. Percentage and rate of the annulment of administrative acts decisions by the lower courts
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75. The volume of litigation per field
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C. ECONOMICS OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE
76. Studies or works concerning the influence of judicial decisions against the administrative authorities on public budgets
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