The Threshold Guardians. The future of EU Agencies’ Boards of Appeal in light of the recent reforms of CJEU Statute

This article aims at stepping into the debates on the evolution of the EU system of judicial protection discussing the current and future role of EU Agencies’ Boards of Appeal. Even though they emerge as bare supporting actors of this story, turning the gaze towards these bodies reveals very interesting scenarios. Indeed, Boards of Appeal can be seen as a litmus test for understanding the rationale of the reforms of CJEU Statute implemented so far, as well as for assessing their effects. argues that the current reforms have already gone too far to further postpone the debates on the matter. To this end, after having highlighted the untapped potential of EU Agencies’ Boards of Appeal (§ 3), this article presents two opposite evolutionary trends for the Boards of Appeal, discussing their pro and cons (§§ 4.1, 4.2) and then put forward its own proposal (§ 5). Since the reform of EU Judiciary is currently pending, no conclusion will be summarised at the end; conversely, a reflection based on Jung theory of archetypes will sum up the role that EU Agencies’ Boards of Appeal may play in the future evolution of the EU system of judicial protection (§ 6).