The Court of Justice of the European Communities, based in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is one of the five institutions of the European Union. It ensures the application and uniform interpretation of laws in compliance with the Treaties and consists of three separate courts - the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance, and the Civil Service Tribunal - each of which functions within the scope of powers allotted under the Treaties.

The Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance are each composed of 27 Judges, and the Tribunal of 7. Under the rules of procedure, any of the official EU languages (at present there are 23 of them) may be used as the language of the case. Even today, however, the common working language of the institution is French, and so the French booth is always assigned to every hearing.

The Interpretation Directorate of the European Court of Justice is a relatively small service by EU standards, with 64 staff interpreters assigned to 21 booths, so the institution recruits quite a lot of freelances (360 in 2008 for around 3000 interpreter-days), especially in the French and English booths.

Daniela Amodeo Perillo began working as an interpreter in the Italian booth at the ECJ in 1982, and since 2001 she has been in charge of professional training within the Directorate as well as internships for young conference interpreters. She represents the Court on a number of inter-institutional and international bodies.

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