Council
Following a change to the European Law Institute (ELI) Statute, as of September 2019 the Council will consist of a maximum of 56 members, elected by the Membership from among the Individual Fellows in a way that adequately takes into account the general principles of the Association. It is the Institute's management body. The current ELI Council is still composed of 56 elected members as envisaged under the Statute, namely:
- Ross Gilbert Anderson
- Yannis Avgerinos
- Francesco Avolio
- Elena Bargelli
- Teresa Bielska-Sobkowicz
- Yuri Biondi
- Robert Bray
- Christoph Busch
- Georges Cavalier
- Nikolaos Chatzinikolaou
- Mark Clough
- Mario Comba
- Andra Cotiga
- Olga Cvejić Jančić
- Daria de Pretis
- Nada Dollani
- Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson
- Julius Forschner
- Anne Birgitte Gammeljord
- Athina Giannakoula
- Paul Gilligan
- Miguel Gimeno-Ribes
- Stefano Giubboni
- Friedrich Graf von Westphalen
- Laura Guercio
- Paola Iamiceli
- Tatjana Josipović
- Thomas Kadner Graziano
- Maria Kaiafa-Gbandi
- Ana Keglević Steffek
- Miklós Király
- André Klip
- Corrado Malberti
- William Martin McKechnie
- Philip Moser QC
- Damjan Možina
- Matthias Neumayr
- Fausto Pocar
- Meliha Povlakić
- Illaria Pretelli
- Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell
- Jens Scherpe
- Ulrich Schroeter
- Reiner Schulze
- Andrey Shirvindt
- Pietro Sirena
- Matthias Storme
- François Trémosa
- Verica Trstenjak
- Kaius Tuori
- Christian Twigg-Flesner
- John Vervaele
- Aneta Wiewiórowska-Domagalska
- Aleš Zalar
- Irina Zlătescu
- Fryderyk Zoll
Ex-Officio Council Members
In addition to the elected Council members, the President, the two Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer become ex-officio members of the Council from the moment they take office.
- Christiane Wendehorst
- Lord John Thomas
- Pascal Pichonnaz
- Denis Philippe
Further, up to 10 ex-officio persons can be offered ex-officio seats on the Council. The following have been conferred that title:
- President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), José de Freitas
- President of the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE), Pierre-Luc Vogel
- President of the European Land Registry Association (ELRA), Fernando de la Puente
- President of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ), Kees Sterk
- President of the International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ), Marc Schmitz
- President of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union, Jean-Claude Wiwinius
Council Documents
In accordance with Article 10(12) of the ELI Statute, minutes of the Council meetings and decisions taken by the Council are published on the ELI website. Council Decisions (CD) have a reference number indicating the year and serial number.