The average time for handling cases under the urgent procedure has been reduced.

Omissions

• The specific reduction was from 4.3 months (2023) to 3.3 months (2024), representing a 1-month or 23% reduction for urgent preliminary ruling procedures.
• The claim did not specify that this refers to urgent preliminary ruling procedures specifically, not all urgent cases broadly.
• The data period referenced is 2024 statistics, which were published in March 2025.

Sources

• PrimaryCourt of Justice of the European Union - Judicial Statistics 2024 (Press Release No 37/25)The average time taken to deal with cases subject to the urgent preliminary ruling procedure decreased from 4.3 months in 2023 to 3.3 months in 2024
• PrimaryCourt of Justice of the European Union - Judicial Statistics 2025 (Press Release No 44/26)General reduction in average duration of proceedings at the Court of Justice to 16.7 months in 2025 compared with 17.7 months in 2024