The Judicial Council is authorised to adopt decisions, if at least two thirds of its members participate in the sitting.

The Judicial Council adopts decisions by vote. If votes are distributed equally, casting vote belongs to the Chair of the Judicial Council.  

If a decision is adopted by written procedure, the member of the Council shall send his/her opinion on the draft decision to the Secretariat within the period of two working days, stating objections or proposals, if any. Upon receiving and summing up the proposals, a clarified draft decision is sent to the members of the Council. Within two working days, the members of the Council shall send electronically their votes on the clarified draft decision to the Secretariat.

The decision adopted by the Council by written procedure is signed by the Chair of the Council.

Appeal of the decision of the Judicial Council

A judge who is subject to the decision of the Judicial Council on establishing, amending or terminating legal relations may appeal this decision to the Disciplinary Court.

The provisions of the Judicial Disciplinary Liability Law, which apply to the complaint about the preparation and review of decisions of the Judicial Disciplinary Committee, also apply to the complaint about the preparation and review of decisions of the Judicial Council.

When reviewing a complaint regarding a decision of the Judicial Council, the Disciplinary Court may:

• leave the decision of the Judicial Council unchanged and reject the complaint;

• cancel the decision of the Judicial Council and send the materials for reconsideration to the Judicial Council;

• terminate the case if the deadline for submitting a complaint is overdue or the complaint has been canceled.

The decision of the Disciplinary Court enters into force at the time of its notification and is not subject to appeal.