A View from the Court of Justice. Some Considerations About the Transfer of Competence for Preliminary Rulings to the General Court: The Functioning of the Guichet Unique and a Brief Review After Nine Months of Implementation of the Reform

The present article offers an insider’s preliminary examination on the implementation of the CJEU Statute Reform on transfer of preliminary ruling jurisdiction to the General Court. First of all, the paper aims to provide certain reminders of the relevant provisions of the Statute of the Court of Justice and the Rules of Procedure introduced by the recent Reform. Furthermore, the paper highlights how the ‘Guichet Unique’ mechanism works in practice by providing insights into the concrete implementation of the provisions governing the partial transfer of preliminary ruling jurisdiction. Finally, the article includes an empirical assessment of the implementation of the Reform in light of the document published by the Court on September 2025. It reports on the number and nature of cases referred to the General Court or, conversely, retained by the Court for the remainder of the proceedings.