Duties of the NJC

In the area of general central administration the NJC

• shall examine the central administrative activity of the President of the NJO and signal any problems,
• shall propose to the President of the NJO on initiating legislation affecting the courts,
• shall express opinions on the rules and recommendations issued by the President of the NJO.
• shall approve the rules of procedure of the service court and publish it on the central website.

In terms of budgets the NJC 

• shall express its opinion on the budget of courts and the report on the implementation thereof,
• shall examine the economic and financial management of courts, and
• shall express opinions on the detailed conditions and levels of other benefits.

In the areas of statistical data collection, the distribution of cases and the measurement of workload, the NJC

• may, in especially justified cases, order the adjudication of cases concerning a broad spectrum of society or cases of outstanding importance with a view to public interest as a matter urgency,
• shall determine the principles to be applied by the President of the NJO when appointing a proceeding court in the context of the use of the power to appoint a different proceeding court in the interest of adjudicating cases within a reasonable period of time.

Resolution of the National Judicial Council No. 58/2012 (IX. 17.)

In the area of human resources the NJC

• shall express a preliminary opinion on persons nominated as President of the NJO and President of the Curia on the basis of a personal interview,
• shall determine the principles to be applied by the President of the NJO and the President of the Curia when adjudicating the applications in the context of using their power to award a position to the applicant in the second or third position in the rankings,
• shall have the right of consent in the adjudication of applications where the President of the NJO or the President of the Curia wishes to award a position to the applicant in the second or third position in the rankings,
• shall exercise the right of consent regarding the appointment of court leaders who did not receive the approval of the reviewing board,
• shall decide on the approval to the renewal of the appointments of Presidents and Vice Presidents of the regional courts of appeal, tribunals, administrative and labour courts and district courts if the President or the Vice President has already served two terms of office in the same position,
• shall publish its opinion annually on the practice of the President of the NJO and the President of the Curia with respect to evaluating the applications of judges and court leaders,
• shall appoint the President and members of the service court,
• may grant a derogation in the case of a conflict of interest between a court leader and his/her relative adjudicating in an organisational unit under the leadership of the court leader,
• shall carry out inspection procedures relating to financial disclosure statements of judges,
• may award, upon initiative of the President of the NJO titles of “honorary/titular tribunal judge”, “honorary/titular judge of the regional court of appeal”, “honorary/titular judge of the Curia”, “councillor of the Curia”, the titles of ‘chief councillor’, ‘councillor’ in the case of judicial employees, furthermore, based on the initiative of the President of the NJO, it may propose the awarding of decorations, prizes, diplomas or plaque, and may approve the awarding of prizes, plaques, diplomas by others,
• in the case of resignations of judges, it may approve a notice period shorter than 3 months, and may relieve the judge from his/her work related duties for the notice period in full or in part, and
• in the case of a judge retiring or reaching the upper age limit he/she shall make a decision concerning the relief of the judge of his/her duties during the notice period in line with the Act on the Legal Status and Remuneration of Judges.

In the area of training the NJC

• shall make a proposal for a central training plan, and
• shall express opinions on rules of the training system established for judges and the completion of training obligations.

The NJC shall perform other duties referred to its scope of activity by law.