Country profiles

On this page you will find the name of the representative for each country at the CCJE.

Albania
Ms Arjana FULLANI, Justice, Supreme Court of Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Mr Stepan MIKAYELYAN, Cour civile d'appel de l'Arménie
Austria
Mr Gerhard REISSNER, Vice-President of the Austrian Association of Judges, President of the District Court of Floridsdorf
Azerbaijan
Mr Khagani MAMMADOV, Judge, Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Belgium
M. Paul MAFFEI, Président de la Cour de Cassation, Palais de Justice
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ms Meddzida KRESO, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Ms Maiia ROUSSEVA, Judge, Supreme Court of Cassation
Croatia
Mr Duro SESSA (Vice-President of the CCJE)
Cyprus
Mr Stelios NATHANAEL, Judge of the Supreme Court
Czech Republic
Mgr. Luboš DÖRFL, President of the Regional Court in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
Denmark
Ms Lene Pagter KRISTENSEN, Judge of the Supreme Court
Substitue: Ms Linda LAURITSEN, Judge, City Court of Roskilde
Estonia
Mr Meelis EERIK, President of the Regional Court of Civil and Criminal Matters in Tallinn
Finland
Mr Kimmo Vanne, Judge, Turku Court of appeal and chairman of the Judges’ Union

Substitute: Ms Päivi Hirvelä, Judge of the Supreme Court, Helsinki
France
M. Alain LACABARATS, Président de Chambre, Cour de Cassation
Georgia
Justice Nino BAKAKURI, Cour Suprême de Géorgie
nino.bakakuri@supremecourt.ge
Germany
Ms Anke EILERS, Presiding Judge, Court of Appeal, Cologne
Greece
Ms Sofia KARYSTINAIOU-MAGOULA, Judge at the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece (Areios Pagos)
Hungary
Ms Ursula VEZEKENYI, Chamber President, Civil Department, Supreme Court, Budapest
Iceland
Mr Helgi I. JONSSON, Supreme Court Judge
Ireland
Mr George BIRMINGHAM, Judge, Court of Appeal
Italy
M. Raffaele SABATO, Councillor of the Supreme Court of Cassation
Latvia
Ms Aija BRANTA, Judge, Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia
Liechtenstein
M. Dietmar BAUR, Juge, Cour de Justice, Fürstliches Landgericht

Lithuania
Mr Vigintas VISINSKIS, Juge of the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Lithuania
Luxembourg
Ms Marianne Harles, Premier Conseiller à la Cour d’appel, Cour Supérieure de Justice, L-2080 Luxembourg
Malta
Mr Justice Tonio MALLIA
Republic of Moldova
Mr Radu TURCANU, Vice President of the district Court of Botania (municipality of Chisinau)
Monaco
Mr Jérôme FOUGERAS-LAVERGNOLLE, Premier Juge, Président du Tribunal Correctionnel de Monaco
Montenegro
Ms Mirjana POPOVIC, Judge, High Court of Podgorica, Moskovska street no. 169 C4, PODGORICA
Netherlands
Prof. dr. Marc DE WERD, Judge in the Amsterdam Court of Appeal in the Netherlands
Professor of European law at Maastricht University
Norway
Mr Nils A. ENGSTAD, Judge, Hålogaland Court of Appeal
Poland
Ms Katarzyna GONERA, Judge of the Supreme Court (Labour Law, Social Security and Public Affairs Chamber), member of the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland, Office of the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland, International Cooperation Department
Portugal
Mr Orlando AFONSO, Juge à la Cour Suprême
Romania
Ms Rodica Aida POPA, Juge, Docteur en Droit, Section Criminelle de la Haute Cour de Cassation et de Justice
Russia Federation
Mr Viktor MOMOTOV, Justice of the Supreme Court
San Marino
Serbia
Ms Spomenka ZARIC, Judge of the Supreme Court of Cassation
Slovakia
Ms Alena POLÁCKOVÁ, Judge of the Supreme Court
Slovenia
Ms. Nina BETETTO, Vice-President of the CCJE, Judge, Vice-President of the Supreme Court
Spain
Mr José Francisco COBO SÀENZ, Magistrat, President of the 2^nd Seccion at the Audiencia Provincial (Navarra),
Sweden
Mr Mats MELIN, President of the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court
Switzerland
Ms Kathrin KLETT, Juge fédéral, 1ère Cour de Droit Civil
“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Ms Aneta ARNAUDOVSKA, Judge, Director of the Academy of Judges and Prosecutors
Turkey
Mr Mehmet YILMAZ, Acting President of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors of Turkey, ANKARA
Ms. Burcu SINOPLU, Judge, The High Council of Judges and Prosecutors of Turkey, ANKARA
Ukraine
Mr Viktor GORODOVENKO, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Kyiv, 01033
United Kingdom
Lord Justice Kim LEWISON, Royal Courts of Justice