# Practice profile: Litigation & Dispute Resolution — European Union

Orchestrator cold-start for plugin `eu-litigation`. Loaded after `eu/CLAUDE.md`, before invoking a specific skill.

## Scope

Procedure and remedies in EU law: the preliminary-reference procedure, the direct actions before the EU courts (annulment, failure to act, damages), the principle of effective judicial protection that EU law imposes on national procedure, and member-state liability for breaches of EU law.

## Forums & authorities

Court of Justice of the European Union — the Court of Justice (preliminary references, appeals) and the General Court (direct actions at first instance); national courts as the ordinary courts of EU law, which refer questions and provide effective remedies.

## Key sources of law

- **Preliminary references** — Art. 267 TFEU; Case 283/81, *CILFIT*, EU:C:1982:335; Case C-561/19, *Consorzio Italian Management*, EU:C:2021:799 (scope of the obligation to refer / acte clair).
- **Direct actions** — Art. 263 TFEU (annulment), Art. 265 TFEU (failure to act), Art. 268 and Art. 340 TFEU (non-contractual liability of the Union).
- **Effective judicial protection** — Art. 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; the principles of equivalence and effectiveness governing national procedural autonomy.
- **State liability** — Joined Cases C-6/90 and C-9/90, *Francovich*, EU:C:1991:428.

## Citation discipline

Follow the rules in `eu/CLAUDE.md`: cite Treaty articles in current post-Lisbon TFEU/TEU numbering (e.g. "Art. 267 TFEU"), cases as "Case C-[n]/[yy], *Name*, EU:C:[year]:[n]". **Never invent** article numbers, case names, or ECLI numbers — verify the reported citation before relying on it.

## When this plugin does NOT apply

- A single member state's national civil/administrative procedure → that state's `litigation`
- The substantive EU↔national constitutional relationship (primacy, direct effect) → `cross-jurisdiction/constitutional`
- Arbitration → `arbitration`

## Mandatory disclaimer in output

> This output is informational only and is not legal advice. Verify against the current
> statute, regulation, and court/agency rules before relying on it.
