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Chapter 7 of Title 2 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Chapter 7 LEGAL AID Article 94 § 1 In order to ensure effective access to justice, legal aid shall be granted for proceedings before the Court of First Instance in accordance with the following rules. Legal aid shall cover, in whole or in part, the costs involved in legal assistance and representation by a lawyer in proceedings before the Court of First Instance. The cashier of the Court of First Instance shall be responsible for those costs. § 2 Any natural person who, because of his economic situation, is wholly or partly unable to meet the costs referred to in paragraph 1 shall be entitled to legal aid. The economic situation shall be assessed, taking into account objective factors such as income, capital and the family situation. § 3 Legal aid shall be refused if the action in respect of which the application is made appears to be manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded. Article 95 § 1 An application for legal aid may be made before or after the action has been brought. The application need not be made through a lawyer. § 2 The application for legal aid must be accompanied by all information and supporting documents making it possible to assess the applicant's economic situation, such as a certificate issued by the competent national authority attesting to his economic situation. If the application is made before the action has been brought, the applicant must briefly state the subject-matter of the proposed action, the facts of the case and the arguments in support of the action. The application must be accompanied by supporting documents in that regard. § 3 The Court of First Instance may provide, in accordance with Article 150, for the compulsory use of a form in making an application for legal aid. Article 96 § 1 Before giving its decision on an application for legal aid, the Court of First Instance shall invite the other party to submit its written observations unless it is already apparent from the information produced that the conditions laid down in Article 94(2) have not been satisfied or that those laid down in Article 94(3) have been satisfied. § 2 The decision on the application for legal aid shall be taken by the President by way of an order. He may refer the matter to the Court of First Instance. An order refusing legal aid shall state the reasons on which it is based. § 3 In any order granting legal aid a lawyer shall be designated to represent the person concerned. If the person has not indicated his choice of lawyer or if his choice is unacceptable, the Registrar shall send a copy of the order granting legal aid and a copy of the application to the competent authority of the Member State concerned mentioned in Annex II to the Rules supplementing the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice. The lawyer instructed to represent the applicant shall be designated having regard to the suggestions made by that authority. An order granting legal aid may specify an amount to be paid to the lawyer instructed to represent the person concerned or fix a limit which the lawyer's disbursements and fees may not, in principle, exceed. It may provide for a contribution to be made by the person concerned to the costs referred to in Article 94(1), having regard to his economic situation. § 4 The introduction of an application for legal aid shall suspend the period prescribed for the bringing of the action until the date of notification of the order making a decision on that application or, in the cases referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3, of the order designating the lawyer instructed to represent the applicant. § 5 If the circumstances which led to the grant of legal aid should alter during the proceedings, the President may at any time, on his own motion or on application, withdraw legal aid, having heard the person concerned. He may refer the matter to the Court of First Instance. An order withdrawing legal aid shall contain a statement of reasons. § 6 No appeal shall lie from orders made under this Article. Article 97 § 1 Where legal aid is granted, the President may, on application by the lawyer of the person concerned, decide that an amount by way of advance should be paid to the lawyer. § 2 Where, by virtue of the decision closing the proceedings, the recipient of legal aid has to bear his own costs, the President shall fix the lawyer's disbursements and fees which are to be paid by the cashier of the Court of First Instance by way of a reasoned order from which no appeal shall lie. He may refer the matter to the Court of First Instance. § 3 Where, in the decision closing the proceedings, the Court of First Instance has ordered another party to pay the costs of the recipient of legal aid, that other party shall be required to refund to the cashier of the Court of First Instance any sums advanced by way of aid. In the event of challenge or if the party does not comply with a demand by the Registrar to refund those sums, the President shall rule by way of reasoned order from which no appeal shall lie. The President may refer the matter to the Court of First Instance. § 4 Where the recipient of the aid is unsuccessful, the Court of First Instance may, in its decision, as to costs, closing the proceedings, if equity so requires, order that one or more parties should bear their own costs or that those costs should be borne, in whole or in part, by the cashier of the Court of First Instance by way of legal aid.’;