Formation of Chambers and assignment of Judges to Chambers
Date: 2023-10-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: appointment of members, member of the Court of Justice (EU)








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2023/261


16.10.2023






Formation of Chambers and assignment of Judges to Chambers
(C/2023/261)

On 27 September 2023, the General Court decided, following the entry into office of Mr Kalėda and Ms Spangsberg Grønfeldt as Judges of the General Court, to amend the decision on the formation of the Chambers of 19 September 2022
          (1) and the decision on the assignment of Judges to Chambers of 23 September 2022
          (2), for the period from 27 September 2023 to 31 August 2025, and to assign the Judges to Chambers as follows:

First Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

The extended composition of the Chamber, sitting with five Judges, is composed of three Judges from the composition before which the case was initially brought and two Judges appointed from among the three other Judges from the First Chamber, on a rotational basis.

First Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Mr Spielmann, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Mr Mastroianni and Ms Brkan, Judges;
Formation B: Mr Mastroianni and Ms Gâlea, Judges;
Formation C: Mr Mastroianni and Mr Tóth, Judges;
Formation D: Mr Mastroianni and Mr Kalėda, Judges;
Formation E: Ms Brkan and Mr Gâlea, Judges;
Formation F: Ms Brkan and Mr Tóth, Judges;
Formation G: Ms Brkan and Mr Kalėda, Judges;
Formation H: Mr Gâlea and Mr Tóth, Judges;
Formation I: Mr Gâlea and Mr Kalėda, Judges;
Formation J: Mr Tóth and Mr Kalėda, Judges.

Second Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
The extended composition of the Chamber, sitting with five Judges, is composed of three Judges from the composition before which the case was originally brought and two Judges appointed from among the three other Judges from the Second Chamber, on a rotational basis.

Second Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Ms Marcoulli, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Mr Schwarcz and Ms Tomljenović, Judges;
Formation B: Mr Schwarcz and Mr Norkus, Judges;
Formation C: Mr Schwarcz and Mr Valasidis, Judges;
Formation D: Mr Schwarcz and Ms Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges;
Formation E: Ms Tomljenović and Mr Norkus, Judges;
Formation F: Ms Tomljenović and Mr Valasidis, Judges;
Formation G: Mr Tomljenović and Mr Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges;
Formation H: Ms Tomljenović and Mr Valasidis, Judges;
Formation I: Ms Norkus and Ms Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges;
Formation J: Mr Valasidis and Ms Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges.

Third Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
Mr. Schalin, President of the Chamber, Ms Škvařilová-Pelzl, Mr Nõmm, Ms Steinfatt and Mr Kukovec, Judges.

Third Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Mr Schalin, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Ms Škvařilová-Pelzl and Mr Nõmm, Judges;
Formation B: Ms Škvařilová-Pelzl and Ms Steinfatt, Judges;
Formation C: Ms Škvařilová-Pelzl and Mr Kukovec, Judges;
Formation D: Mr Nõmm and Ms Steinfatt, Judges;
Formation E: Mr Nõmm and Mr Kukovec, Judges;
Formation F: Ms Steinfatt and Mr Kukovec, Judges.

Fourth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
Mr da Silva Passos, President of the Chamber, Mr Gervasoni, Ms Półtorak, Ms Reine and Ms Pynnä, Judges.

Fourth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Mr da Silva Passos, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Mr Gervasoni and Ms Półtorak, Judges;
Formation B: Mr Gervasoni and Ms Reine, Judges;
Formation C: Mr Gervasoni and Ms Pynnä, Judges;
Formation D: Ms Półtorak and Ms Reine, Judges;
Formation E: Ms Półtorak and Ms Pynnä, Judges;
Formation F: Ms Reine and Ms Pynnä, Judges.

Fifth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
Mr Svenningsen, President of the Chamber, Mr Mac Eochaidh, Mr Laitenberger, Mr Martín y Pérez de Nanclares and Ms Stancu, Judges.

Fifth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Mr Svenningsen, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Mr Mac Eochaidh and Mr Laitenberger, Judges;
Formation B: Mr Mac Eochaidh and Mr Martín y Pérez de Nanclares, Judges;
Formation C: Mr Mac Eochaidh and Ms Stancu, Judges;
Formation D: Mr Laitenberger and Mr Martín y Pérez de Nanclares, Judges;
Formation E: Mr Laitenberger and Ms Stancu, Judges;
Formation F: Mr Martín y Pérez de Nanclares and Ms Stancu, Judges.

Sixth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
Ms Costeira, President of the Chamber, Ms Kancheva, Mr Öberg, Mr Zilgalvis and Ms Tichy-Fisslberger, Judges.

Sixth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Ms Costeira, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Ms Kancheva and Mr Öberg, Judges;
Formation B: Ms Kancheva and Mr Zilgalvis, Judges;
Formation C: Ms Kancheva and Ms Tichy-Fisslberger, Judges;
Formation D: Mr Öberg and Mr Zilgalvis, Judges;
Formation E: Mr Öberg and Ms Tichy-Fisslberger, Judges;
Formation F: Mr Zilgalvis and Ms Tichy-Fisslberger, Judges.

Seventh Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
Ms Kowalik-Bańczyk, President of the Chamber, Mr Buttigieg, Mr Hesse, Mr Dimitrakopoulos and Ms Ricziová, Judges.

Seventh Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Ms Kowalik-Bańczyk, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Mr Buttigieg and Mr Hesse, Judges;
Formation B: Mr Buttigieg and Mr Dimitrakopoulos, Judges;
Formation C: Mr Buttigieg and Ms Ricziová, Judges;
Formation D: Mr Hesse and Mr Dimitrakopoulos, Judges;
Formation E: Mr Hesse and Ms Ricziová, Judges;
Formation F: Mr Dimitrakopoulos and Ms Ricziová, Judges.

Eighth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
Mr Kornezov, President of the Chamber, Mr De Baere, Mr Petrlík, Mr Kecsmár and Ms Kingston, Judges.

Eighth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Mr Kornezov, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Mr De Baere and Mr Petrlík, Judges;
Formation B: Mr De Baere and Mr Kecsmár, Judges;
Formation C: Mr De Baere and Ms Kingston, Judges;
Formation D: Mr Petrlík and Mr Kecsmár, Judges;
Formation E: Mr Petrlík and Ms Kingston, Judges;
Formation F: Mr Kecsmár and Ms Kingston, Judges.

Ninth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
Mr Truchot, President of the Chamber, Mr Kanninen, Ms Frendo, Mr Sampol Pucurull and Ms Perišin, Judges.

Ninth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Mr Truchot, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Mr Kanninen and Ms Frendo, Judges;
Formation B: Mr Kanninen and Mr Sampol Pucurull, Judges;
Formation C: Mr Kanninen and Ms Perišin, Judges;
Formation D: Ms Frendo and Mr Sampol Pucurull, Judges;
Formation E: Ms Frendo and Ms Perišin, Judges;
Formation F: Mr Sampol Pucurull and Ms Perišin, Judges.

Tenth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:
Ms Porchia, President of the Chamber, Mr Jaeger, Mr Madise, Mr Nihoul and Mr Verschuur, Judges.

Tenth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:
Ms Porchia, President of the Chamber;
Formation A: Mr Jaeger and Mr Madise, Judges;
Formation B: Mr Jaeger and Mr Nihoul, Judges;
Formation C: Mr Jaeger and Mr Verschuur, Judges;
Formation D: Mr Madise and Mr Nihoul, Judges;
Formation E: Mr Madise and Mr Verschuur, Judges;
Formation F: Mr Nihoul and Mr Verschuur, Judges.
The General Court confirms its decision of 23 September 2022 according to which the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Chambers are responsible for cases stemming from the employment relationship between the European Union and its staff, and the First, Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Chambers are responsible for cases concerning intellectual property rights referred to in Title IV of the Rules of Procedure.
The General Court also confirms the following:






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the President and the Vice-President shall not be attached permanently to a Chamber;










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in the course of each judicial year, the Vice-President shall sit in each of the Chambers sitting with five Judges, on the basis of one case per Chamber in the following order:






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the first case referred back, by decision of the General Court, to an extended Chamber sitting with five Judges of the First Chamber, the Second Chamber, the Third Chamber, the Fourth Chamber and the Fifth Chamber;










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the third case referred back, by decision of the General Court, to an extended Chamber sitting with five Judges of the Sixth Chamber, the Seventh Chamber, the Eighth Chamber, the Ninth Chamber and the Tenth Chamber.








Where the Vice-President is called upon to sit in a Chamber composed of five Judges, that extended formation shall be composed of the Vice-President, the Judges of the three-judge formation before which the case was initially brought and one of the other Judges of the Chamber in question, determined on the basis of the reverse order to the order laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure.


(1)  
            OJ C 398, 17.10.2022, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ C 398, 17.10.2022, p. 3.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/261/oj
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