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Annual reports
Explore the key highlights and developments of the Boards of Appeal in the annual reports, which detail the annual progress towards further improving and ensuring a modern judiciary.
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Annual report 2025
At the end of 2025, 2 220 technical appeal cases were pending, 1 167 fewer than at the end of 2024. The number of cases older than 24 months was reduced from 729 to 234, accounting for 10.5% of the total.
See also
For other publications of the Boards of Appeal, including case law summaries and abstracts of decisions, go to: