Niilo Jääskinen
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Niilo Jääskinen(born 16 September 1958) is aFinnishlawyerand he served as anAdvocate Generalat theEuropean Court of Justicefrom October 2009 to October 2015 and as a judge as of October 2019.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1990, Jääskinen was appointed as head of the European Law Section of the Ministry of Justice in Finland. In 1995 he was appointed as Advisor and Clerk for European affairs of the Grand Committee of theFinnish Parliament.Between 2000 and 2009 and from October 2015 to October 2019 Jääskinen has served as Judge at theSupreme Administrative Court of Finland.[2]
In 2009, he was appointed Advocate General of the European Court of Justice and in 2019 for the remaining two years of judge Allan Rosas' mandate. In October 2021 he started a new six years mandate.[2][3]
Jääskinen was in charge of two important cases relating to water. In Case C-525/12, he gave his opinion on the term "water services" in the Water Framework Directive; in Case C-461/13, he gave his opinion on 23 October 2014 on the term "deterioration" in theWater Framework Directive.Both cases are of high relevance for the protection of water. In 2014, he gave his opinion onGoogle Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"The Council of the European Union"(PDF).EU.Retrieved28 May2010.
- ^ab"Court of Justice".EU.Retrieved28 May2010.
- ^Government Communications Department, Press release (2 June 2020)."Niilo Jääskinen nominated as candidate for Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union".Finnish Government.Retrieved5 April2022.
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