Criteria for assigning cases to Chambers
Date: 2007-11-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European civil service, General Court (EU), operation of the Institutions

C 269/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2007

Appeal Chamber

(2007/C 269/73)

The President of the Court of First Instance may derogate
from the rotas on the ground that cases are related or with a
view to ensuring an even spread of the workload.

On 19 September 2007, the Court of First Instance decided
that, for the period from 25 September 2007 to 30 September
2008, the Appeal Chamber will be composed of the President
of the Court and, in rotation, four Presidents of Chambers.

Criteria for assigning cases to Chambers

(2007/C 269/74)

On 25 September 2007, the Court of First Instance laid down
the following criteria for the assignment of cases to the Cham-
bers for the period from 25 September 2007 to 30 September
2008, in accordance with Article 12 of the Rules of Procedure:

1. Appeals against the decisions of the Civil Service Tribunal
shall be assigned to the Appeal Chamber as soon as the
application has been lodged and without prejudice to any
subsequent application of Articles 14 and 51 of the Rules of
Procedure.

2. Cases other than those referred to in paragraph 1 above shall
be assigned to Chambers of three Judges as soon as the
application has been lodged and without prejudice to any
subsequent application of Articles 14 and 51 of the Rules of
Procedure.

Designation of the Judge replacing the President as the
Judge hearing applications for interim measures

(2007/C 269/75)

On 19 September 2007, the Court of First Instance decided, in
accordance with Article 106 of the Rules of Procedure, to desig-
nate Judge Cooke to replace the President of the Court for the
purpose of deciding applications for interim measures where the
latter is absent or prevented from dealing with them, in respect
of the period from 18 September 2007 to 30 September 2008.

However, as regards applications for interim measures in respect
of which a hearing was held and/or inquiry completed before
17 September 2007, the Judge designated to hear applications
for interim measures during the period from 1 October 2006 to
17 September 2007 (OJ 2006 C 190, p. 15, and OJ 2007
C 155, p. 19) shall remain empowered to sign orders in those
cases after 17 September 2007.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 September
2007 — Pelle and Konrad v Council of the European
Union and the Commission of the European Communities

(Case T-8/95 and T-9/95) (1)

(Non-contractual
levy —
Reference quantity — Regulation (EEC) No 2187/93 —
Compensation of producers — Suspension of limitation)

liability — Milk — Additional

Cases referred to in this paragraph shall be allocated to the
Chambers in turn,
in accordance with the date on which
they are registered at the Registry, following three separate
rotas:

(2007/C 269/76)

Language of the case: German

— for cases concerning application of the competition rules
applicable to undertakings, the rules on State aid and the
rules on trade protection measures;

Parties

— for cases concerning the intellectual property rights
referred to in Article 130(1) of the Rules of Procedure;

— for all other cases.

In applying those rotas, the two Chambers sitting with three
Judges which are composed of four Judges shall be taken
into consideration twice at each third turn.

Applicants: Wilhelm Pelle (Kluse-Ahlen, Germany) and Ernst-
Reinhard Konrad (Löllbach, Germany)
(represented by: B.
Meisterernst, M. Düsing, D. Manstetten, F. Schulze and W.
Haneklaus, lawyers)

Defendants: Council of the European Union (represented initially
by A. Brautigam and A.-M. Colaert, and subsequently by A.-M.
Colaert, agents) and the Commission of the European Commu-
nities (represented by B. Booß and M. Niejahr, agents, and subse-
quently by T. van Rijn and M. Niejahr, assisted initially by H.-J.
Rabe, G. Berrisch and M. Núñez-Müller, lawyers)