Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 18 September 2001
Date: 2001-10-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, appointment of staff

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COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 18 Sep-
tember 2001

Second Chamber

(2001/C 303/01)

Ms Colneric, President of the Chamber,

Mr Schintgen and Mr Skouris, Judges.

The Court of Justice of the European Communities adopted
the following decisions at its meeting on 18 September 2001:

Third Chamber

Appointment of Presidents of Chambers

Ms Macken, President of the Chamber,

Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues,
Judges.

In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the
Court has appointed for a period of one year starting on
7 October 2001:

Fourth Chamber

Mr von Bahr, President of the Chamber,

— Judge Jann as President of the First and Fifth Chambers,

Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola and Mr Timmermans, Judges.

— Judge Macken as President of

the Third and Sixth

Chambers,

Fifth Chamber

Mr Jann, President of the Chamber,

— Judge Colneric as President of the Second Chamber,

Mr von Bahr, Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola, Mr Sevo´ n, Mr Wathe-
let and Mr Timmermans, Judges.

— Judge von Bahr as President of the Fourth Chamber.

Composition of the Chambers

The composition of the Chambers for the same period

1.
has been determined as follows:

First Chamber

Mr Jann, President of the Chamber,

Mr Sevo´ n and Mr Wathelet, Judges.

Sixth Chamber

Ms Macken, President of the Chamber,

Ms Colneric, Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet, Mr Schintgen,
Mr Skouris and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues, Judges.

For each case assigned to them, the Third and Fourth
2.
Chambers (to each of which four Judges are attached) shall be
composed of the President of the Chamber, the Judge Rappor-
teur and a third Judge designated in the order set out in a list
which corresponds to the order of seniority. At each general
meeting the starting point on that list shall be moved down
one name.

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3.
For the purposes of determining the five Judges who are
to sit in each case assigned to a large Chamber, that is to say,
the Fifth and Sixth Chamber (to each of which seven Judges
are attached), a list shall be drawn up for the judicial year. That
list shall comprise all the Judges of the Chamber, apart from
the President, in the following order:

Sixth Chamber

(President: Judge Macken)

Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet, Mr da Cunha Rodrigues,
Mr Schintgen, Mr Skouris and Ms Colneric, Judges.

(a)

the Judges of the small Chamber composed of four
Judges, in order of seniority;

Appointment of the First Advocate General

(b)

the Judges of the other small Chamber, in the same order.

For each case, the large Chamber shall be composed of:

In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the
Court of Justice appointed Advocate General S. Alber as First
Advocate General
for a period of one year starting on
7 October 2001.

— the President,

— the Judge-Rapporteur,

— three Judges designated in the order set out in the relevant
list; the starting point on that list shall be moved down
one name at each general meeting.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 13 September 2001

Replacement of a Judge or Judges prevented from attending
shall be in the order set out in the list. However, should the
President of a large Chamber be prevented from sitting, he
shall be replaced preferably by the President of the small
Chamber.

If the Court, or a Chamber, considers that a number of cases
should be heard and determined together (whether or not they
are formally joined), the composition of the bench shall be
that determined for the first of the cases discussed at a general
meeting.

For the period ending on 6 October 2002, the lists

4.
referred to above are as follows:

Third Chamber

(President: Judge Macken)

Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues,
Judges

Fourth Chamber

(President: Judge von Bahr)

Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola and Mr Timmermans, Judges

Fifth Chamber

(President: Judge Jann)

Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola, Mr von Bahr, Mr Timmermans,
Mr Sevo´ n and Mr Wathelet, Judges

in Case C-89/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden): Schieving-Nijstad vof
and Others v Robert Groeneveld (1)

(Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation —
Article 50(6) of the TRIPs Agreement — Interpretation —
Direct effect — Application to proceedings pending at the
time of entry into force in the State concerned — Conditions
regarding the time-limit for bringing substantive proceed-
ings — Calculation of that time-limit)

(2001/C 303/02)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-89/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the the Hoge Raad
der Nederlanden (Supreme Court of the Netherlands) for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
court between Schieving-Nijstad vof and Others and Robert
Groeneveld — on the interpretation of Article 50(6) of the
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights, as set out in Annex 1 C to the Agreement establishing
the World Trade Organisation, approved on behalf of the
Community, as regards matters within its competence, by
Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 (OJ 1994
L 336, p. 1) — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı´guez
Iglesias, President, C. Gulmann, A. La Pergola, M. Wathelet
and V. Skouris (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward
(Rapporteur), J.-P. Puissochet, P. Jann, L. Sevo´ n, R. Schintgen,
F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and
C.W.A. Timmermans, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General;
L. Hewlett, Administrator,
for the Registrar, has given a
judgment on 13 September 2001, in which it has ruled: