{"id":463,"date":"2016-01-31T08:57:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T07:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceje.meig.ch\/?post_type=publication&p=463"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:21:24","slug":"the-procedures-of-prior-involvement-and-referral-to-the-cjeu-as-means-for-judicial-dialogue-between-the-cjeu-and-international-jurisdictions","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/ceje.meig.ch\/en\/publication\/the-procedures-of-prior-involvement-and-referral-to-the-cjeu-as-means-for-judicial-dialogue-between-the-cjeu-and-international-jurisdictions\/","title":{"rendered":"The procedures of prior involvement and referral to the CJUE as means for judicial dialogue between the cjeu and international jurisdictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extrait<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les proc\u00e9dures de l\u2019implication pr\u00e9alable et la saisine de la Cour de justice de l’Union europ\u00e9enne (CJUE) sont des m\u00e9canismes qui permettent \u00e0 la CJUE de statuer sur l\u2019interpr\u00e9tation et la validit\u00e9 du droit de l\u2019UE lorsqu\u2019elles rel\u00e8vent dans l\u2019affaire devant une cour ou un tribunal international. Le d\u00e9bat acad\u00e9mique actuel s\u2019est particuli\u00e8rement focalis\u00e9 sur la proc\u00e9dure de l\u2019implication pr\u00e9alable devant la Cour europ\u00e9enne des droits de l\u2019homme (CrEDH). Toutefois, ce n\u2019est certainement pas le seul exemple o\u00f9 ces m\u00e9canismes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 propos\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

M\u00eame si la pratique de l\u2019UE est encore limit\u00e9e, le but de cet article est de pr\u00e9senter une analyse des accords internationaux qui pr\u00e9voient les proc\u00e9dures de l\u2019implication pr\u00e9alable et de la saisine de la CJUE, afin d\u2019identifier leur caract\u00e9ristiques juridiques ainsi que de savoir si ces m\u00e9canismes sont des moyens appropri\u00e9s pour un dialogue direct entre la Cour de Luxembourg et d\u2019autres juridictions internationales. En effet, m\u00eame si, du point de vue de l\u2019UE, les deux proc\u00e9dures ont pour but de prot\u00e9ger l\u2019autonomie de l\u2019ordre juridique de l\u2019Union dans le contexte de la r\u00e9solution des diff\u00e9rends internationaux, leur application soul\u00e8ve plusieurs questions de nature juridique.<\/p>\n

Est-ce que l\u2019implication pr\u00e9alable et la saisine de la CJUE n\u00e9cessitent un amendement des Trait\u00e9s de l\u2019UE ? Dans le cadre de ces proc\u00e9dures, quelles sont les comp\u00e9tences de la CJEU et quelle est la nature de ses d\u00e9cisions? Est-ce que l\u2019implication pr\u00e9alable et la saisine de la CJUE se limitent \u00e0 des accords internationaux sp\u00e9cifiques ou pourraient-elles \u00eatre \u00e9tendues \u00e0 tout trait\u00e9 pr\u00e9voyant une proc\u00e9dure de r\u00e9solution des diff\u00e9rends ?<\/p>\n

Quant \u00e0 la pratique de l\u2019Union concernant les trait\u00e9s bilat\u00e9raux et internationaux, l\u2019analyse se focalisera sur les r\u00e9cents Accords d\u2019Association avec la G\u00e9orgie, la Moldavie et l\u2019Ukraine (2014), sur le projet d’accord visant \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation d’une juridiction du brevet europ\u00e9en et communautaire (2009) ainsi que le projet d\u2019accord concernant l\u2019adh\u00e9sion de l\u2019UE \u00e0 la CEDH (2013).<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

The procedures of prior involvement and referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter CJEU or Court) are mechanisms that enable the CJEU to rule on the interpretation and\/or validity of EU law when this latter is relevant for a case pending before an international court or tribunal. Current academic debate has widely focused on the prior involvement mechanism before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Nevertheless, this is certainly not the only example where these procedures have been proposed.<\/p>\n

The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the provisions that foresee the procedures of prior involvement and referral to the CJEU in order to investigate the legal features of these mechanisms. Although up to now there have been limited practice under EU bilateral and (draft) multilateral agreements, the paper will also discuss whether they can be an appropriate legal tool for a direct judicial dialogue between the CJEU and other international jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

In fact, although these procedures are welcome from an EU perspective, as they are amongst those mechanisms whose purpose is to protect the autonomy of the EU legal order in international dispute settlement, their application may raise several legal issues. Do prior involvement and referral procedures require an amendment to the EU Treaties? Under these procedures, what is the extent of the CJEU\u2019s competence and are its rulings binding? Are prior involvement and referral to the CJEU limited to specific international agreements or could they be extended to any other treaty foreseeing an international dispute settlement mechanism?<\/p>\n

As for the EU practice under bilateral and (draft) multilateral agreements, attention will be paid to the recent Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine (2014), to the Draft Agreement on the European and Community Patents Court (2009) as well as to the Draft Agreement on the EU accession to the ECHR (2013).<\/p>\n

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