For four consecutive years, EIPA’s European Centre for Judges and Lawyers (ECJL) in Luxembourg  has held a conference on the theme ‘European Union Civil Service Law’. These have been a great success and attracted the enthusiasm of many participants, including judges from the European Union Civil Service Tribunal, legal representatives of the European institutions, university professors and lawyers specialised in this field. In light of this, EIPA wishes to repeat the experience by organising the 5th Annual Conference. This will be an occasion to explore some of the recent developments, in particular those related to the reform of the EU’s Court of Justice and the transfer of skills in the field of civil service law to the General Court.