Composition of the Grand Chamber
Date: 2007-11-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), judge, ordinary court of law

10.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 269/41

Fifth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Vilaras, President of the Chamber;

Mr Prek, Judge;

Mr Ciucă, Judge.

Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition, sitting with five Judges:

Mr Meij, President of the Chamber, Mr Vadapalas, Mr Prek,
Mr Tchipev and Mr Ciucă, Judges.

Sixth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Meij, President of the Chamber;

Mr Vadapalas, Judge;

Mr Tchipev, Judge.

Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition, sitting with five Judges:

Forwood,

Šváby,
Mr
Mr Papasavvas, Mr Moavero Milanesi, Mr Wahl, Mr Dittrich and
Mr Truchot, Judges.

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of

Seventh Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Forwood, President of the Chamber;

(a) Mr Šváby and Mr Moavero Milanesi, Judges.

(b) Mr Šváby and Mr Truchot, Judges.

(c) Mr Moavero Milanesi and Mr Truchot, Judges.

In the Seventh and Eighth Chambers sitting with three Judges,
the President of the Chamber will sit with the Judges referred to
at (a), (b) or (c) above in turn, depending on which of those
formations the Judge-Rapporteur belongs to. For cases in which
the President of the Chamber is the Judge-Rapporteur, the Presi-
dent of the Chamber will sit with the Judges of each of those
formations alternately in accordance with the order in which
the cases are registered, subject to the presence of connected
cases.

Composition of the Grand Chamber

(2007/C 269/71)

On 19 September 2007, the Court of First Instance decided, in
accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, that
for the period from 25 September 2007 to 31 August 2010 the
13 Judges of whom the Grand Chamber is composed shall be
the President of the Court, the seven Presidents of those Cham-
bers not entrusted with the case, and the Judges of
the
Chamber, Extended Composition, which would have had to sit
in the case in question if it had been assigned to a Chamber
composed of five Judges.

Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition, sitting with five Judges:

Ms Martins Ribeiro, President of
the Chamber, Mr Šváby,
Mr Papasavvas, Mr Moavero Milanesi, Mr Wahl, Mr Dittrich and
Mr Truchot, Judges.

Plenary session

(2007/C 269/72)

Eighth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Ms Martins Ribeiro, President of the Chamber;

(a) Mr Papasavvas and Mr Wahl, Judges.

(b) Mr Papasavvas and Mr Dittrich, Judges.

(c) Mr Wahl and Mr Dittrich, Judges.

In the Seventh and Eighth Chambers, Extended Composition,
sitting with five Judges, the Judges who will sit with the Presi-
dent of the Chamber to make up the formation of five Judges
will be the three Judges of the Chamber initially hearing the
case, the fourth Judge of that Chamber and a Judge of the other
Chamber composed of four Judges. The latter, who will not be
the President of the Chamber, will be designated in turn for one
year,
in the order provided for by Article 6 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Court of First Instance.

On 2 October 2007, the Court of First Instance decided,
in
accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 32(1) of
the Rules of Procedure, that where, following the designation of
an Advocate General pursuant to Article 17 of the Rules of
Procedure, there is an even number of Judges in the Court of
First Instance sitting in plenary session, the rota established in
advance, applied during the period of three years for which the
Presidents of the Chambers composed of five Judges are elected,
in accordance with which the President of the Court is to desig-
nate the Judge who will not take part in the judgment of the
case, shall be in reverse order to the order in which the Judges
rank according to their seniority in office under Article 6 of the
Rules of Procedure, unless the Judge who would thus be desig-
nated is the Judge-Rapporteur. In that event,
it is the Judge
ranking immediately above him who shall be designated.