Completar frases The Court of Justice of the EUVersión en línea fill in the missing words por Zuzana Nadova 1 enforced decisions applied interpreted individuals tribunal employees Member courts States jurisdiction judicial legality rulings The EU produces its own legislation ( known as regulations , directives and ) . To ensure that the law is , understood and uniformly applied in all Member States , a institution is essential . That institution is the Court of Justice of the European Union . It is composed of three : the Court of Justice ( created in 1952 ) , the General Court ( created in 1988 as the Court of First Instance ) and The Civil Service Tribunal ( created in 2004 ) . The Court of Justice and the General Court today have clearly defined spheres of . The Court of Justice examines the of EU legislation and ensures that EU laws are and in a uniform manner . Particularly in the context of references for preliminary it works in collaboration with all of the national courts . The General Court has jurisdiction to hear at first instance all direct actions brought by or , except for those specifically reserved to the Court of Justice . The creation of a specialist , the Civil Service Tribunal , has relieved the Court of First Instance of cases between the institutions and their .