The Judges and Advocates General at the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union are appointed by mutual agreement of the Governments of the Member States, after consulting the committee established under TFEU article 255. This committee – colloquially referred to as the 255 Committee – was of the Lisbon Treaty's innovations. It is tasked with giving opinions "on candidates' suitability to perform the duties" of Judge and Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and the General Court.
Allan Rosas, president of the 255 Committee and former CJEU judge, will discuss the work of the committee and its wider significance.
About the speaker
Allan Rosas, Dr. Jur., Dr. Jur. h.c., Dr.Pol.Sc. h.c., is Emeritus Professor of Law and was Professor of Law at the University of Turku (1978-81) and the Åbo Akademi University (1981-95); former Principal Legal Adviser and Deputy Director-General of the Legal Service of the European Commission (1995-2002) and former Judge at the European Court of Justice (2002-2019). He is Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, President of the Article 255 TFEU Panel, Chair of the Independent Ethical Committee of the European Commission, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law of the University of Turku, Vice-Chair of the Finnish FIDE European Law Association and Chair of the Advisory Board of FIDE Helsinki 2027. More than 400 academic publications, most recent book (edited with Juha Raitio and Pekka Pohjankoski): The Rule of Law’s Anatomy in the EU: Foundations and Protections (Oxford, Hart Publishing, June 2023, forthcoming).