Formation of Chambers and assignment of Judges to Chambers
Date: 2025-10-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: appointment of members, member of the Court of Justice (EU)








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C/2025/5485


13.10.2025






Formation of Chambers and assignment of Judges to Chambers
(C/2025/5485)

At the plenum on 16 September 2025, the General Court, composed of 52 Judges, decided to form six Chambers composed of five Judges, two Chambers composed of six Judges and two Chambers composed of four Judges for the period from 22 September 2025 to 31 August 2028. The Chambers sit in formations of five Judges or three Judges. Each formation of the ten Chambers of the General Court shall be presided over by a President of the Chamber, who shall be elected at the same time President of the Chamber sitting with three Judges and with five Judges.
At the plenum on 22 September 2025, the General Court decided, on a proposal from the President, submitted in accordance with Article 13(2) of the Rules of Procedure, to assign the Judges to Chambers for the period from 22 September 2025 to 31 August 2028 as follows:






 


First Chamber: Mr E. Buttigieg, Mr J. Schwarcz, Ms M. Kancheva, Ms E. Tichy-Fisslberger, Mr F. Bestagno










 


Second Chamber: Ms N. Półtorak, Mr J. Martín y Pérez de Nanclares, Mr G. Hesse, Ms G. Steinfatt, Mr D. Petrlík, Mr I. Dimitrakopoulos










 


Third Chamber: Ms K. Kowalik-Bańczyk, Ms I. Reine, Mr R. da Silva Passos, Mr H. Cassagnabère, Ms T. Pavelin










 


Fourth Chamber: Mr G. De Baere, Mr J. Svenningsen, Mr C. Mac Eochaidh, Mr R. Meyer, Ms D. Jočienė










 


Fifth Chamber: Mr M. Sampol Pucurull, Ms T. Pynnä, Mr J. Laitenberger, Ms M. Stancu, Ms M. Brkan, Mr W. Valasidis










 


Sixth Chamber: Ms P. Škvařilová-Pelzl, Mr I. Nõmm, Mr D. Kukovec, Ms R. Pezzuto










 


Seventh Chamber: Mr K. Kecsmár, Mr L. Madise, Mr P. Nihoul, Mr U. Öberg, Mr L. Truchot










 


Eighth Chamber: Mr I. Gâlea, Ms M.J. Costeira, Mr T. Tóth, Ms B. Ricziová, Ms L. Spangsberg Grønfeldt










 


Ninth Chamber: Ms S. Kingston, Ms A. Marcoulli, Mr P. Zilgalvis, Mr J. Hettne










 


Tenth Chamber: Mr S.L. Kalėda, Mr M. Jaeger, Mr H. Kanninen, Ms T. Perišin, Mr S. Verschuur




The General Court also decided that the Court formations shall be composed as follows:






 



First Chamber, sitting with five Judges:







 


Mr E. Buttigieg, President of the Chamber, Mr J. Schwarcz, Ms M. Kancheva, Ms E. Tichy-Fisslberger, Mr F. Bestagno, Judges.














 



First Chamber, sitting with three Judges:







 


Mr E. Buttigieg, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Mr J. Schwarcz and Ms M. Kancheva, Judges;










 


Formation B: Ms E. Tichy-Fisslberger and Mr F. Bestagno, Judges;










 


Formation C: Mr J. Schwarcz and Ms E. Tichy-Fisslberger, Judges;










 


Formation D: Ms M. Kancheva and Mr F. Bestagno, Judges;










 


Formation E: Mr J. Schwarcz and Mr F. Bestagno, Judges;










 


Formation F: Ms M. Kancheva and Ms E. Tichy-Fisslberger, Judges.














 



Second Chamber, sitting with five Judges:

In direct actions, the extended composition of the Chamber, sitting with five Judges, shall be composed of three Judges from the formation before which the case was originally referred and two Judges designated from among the three other Judges from the Second Chamber, on a rotational basis.
In preliminary ruling cases, the composition of the Chamber, sitting with five Judges, shall be composed of five Judges other than Mr J. Martín y Pérez de Nanclares, elected to perform the function of Advocate General for the purpose of dealing with requests for a preliminary ruling.










 



Second Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

In direct actions:






 


Ms N. Półtorak, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Mr J. Martín y Pérez de Nanclares and Mr G. Hesse, Judges;










 


Formation B: Ms G. Steinfatt and Mr D. Petrlík, Judges;










 


Formation C: Mr G. Hesse and Mr I. Dimitrakopoulos, Judges;










 


Formation D: Mr J. Martín y Pérez de Nanclares and Mr D. Petrlík, Judges;










 


Formation E: Ms G. Steinfatt and Mr I. Dimitrakopoulos, Judges;










 


Formation F: Mr G. Hesse and Mr D. Petrlík, Judges;










 


Formation G: Mr J. Martín y Pérez de Nanclares and Ms G. Steinfatt, Judges;










 


Formation H: Mr D. Petrlík and Mr I. Dimitrakopoulos, Judges;










 


Formation I: Mr G. Hesse and Ms G. Steinfatt, Judges;










 


Formation J: Mr J. Martín y Pérez de Nanclares and Mr I. Dimitrakopoulos, Judges.




In preliminary ruling cases, where the formation of the Chamber, sitting with five Judges, decides to refer a case to a Chamber sitting with three Judges, the composition of that Chamber shall consist of the President of the Chamber, the Judge-Rapporteur and one or two Judges designated from among the other Judges from the Chamber that decided to refer the case, by following the reverse order to the order laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure, on a rotational basis.










 



Third Chamber, sitting with five Judges:







 


Ms K. Kowalik-Bańczyk, President of the Chamber, Ms I. Reine, Mr R. da Silva Passos, Mr H. Cassagnabère, Ms T. Pavelin, Judges.














 



Third Chamber, sitting with three Judges:







 


Ms K. Kowalik-Bańczyk, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Ms I. Reine and Mr R. da Silva Passos, Judges;










 


Formation B: Mr H. Cassagnabère and Ms T. Pavelin, Judges;










 


Formation C: Ms I. Reine and Mr H. Cassagnabère, Judges;










 


Formation D: Mr R. da Silva Passos and Ms T. Pavelin, Judges;










 


Formation E: Ms I. Reine and Ms T. Pavelin, Judges;










 


Formation F: Mr R. da Silva Passos and Mr H. Cassagnabère, Judges.














 



Fourth Chamber, sitting with five Judges:







 


Mr G. De Baere, President of the Chamber, Mr J. Svenningsen, Mr C. Mac Eochaidh, Mr R. Meyer, Ms D. Jočienė, Judges.














 



Fourth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:







 


Mr G. De Baere, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Mr J. Svenningsen and Mr C. Mac Eochaidh, Judges;










 


Formation B: Mr R. Meyer and Ms D. Jočienė, Judges;










 


Formation C: Mr J. Svenningsen and Mr R. Meyer, Judges;










 


Formation D: Mr C. Mac Eochaidh and Ms D. Jočienė, Judges;










 


Formation E: Mr J. Svenningsen and Ms D. Jočienė, Judges;










 


Formation F: Mr C. Mac Eochaidh and Mr R. Meyer, Judges.














 



Fifth Chamber, sitting with five Judges:

In direct actions, the extended composition of the Chamber, sitting with five Judges shall be composed of three Judges from the formation before which the case was originally referred and two Judges designated from among the three other Judges from the Fifth Chamber, on a rotational basis.
In preliminary ruling cases, the composition of the Chamber, sitting with five Judges, shall consist of five Judges with the exception of Ms. M. Brkan, elected to perform the function of Advocate General for the purposes of dealing with requests for a preliminary ruling.










 



Fifth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

In direct actions:






 


Mr M. Sampol Pucurull, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Ms T. Pynnä and Mr J. Laitenberger, Judges;










 


Formation B: Ms M. Stancu and Ms M. Brkan, Judges;










 


Formation C: Mr J. Laitenberger and Mr W. Valasidis, Judges;










 


Formation D: Ms T. Pynnä and Ms M. Brkan, Judges;










 


Formation E: Ms M. Stancu and Mr W. Valasidis, Judges;










 


Formation F: Mr J. Laitenberger and Ms M. Brkan, Judges;










 


Formation G: Ms T. Pynnä and Ms M. Stancu, Judges;










 


Formation H: Ms M. Brkan and Mr W. Valasidis, Judges;










 


Formation I: Mr J. Laitenberger and Ms M. Stancu, Judges;










 


Formation J: Ms T. Pynnä and Mr W. Valasidis, Judges.




In preliminary ruling cases, where the composition of the Chamber, sitting with five Judges, decides to refer a case before a chamber sitting with three Judges, that Chamber shall be composed of the President of the Chamber, the Judge-Rapporteur and one or two Judges designated from among the other Judges from the Chamber that has decided to refer the case, by following the reverse order to the order laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure, on a rotational basis.










 



Sixth Chamber, sitting with five Judges:







 


Ms P. Škvařilová-Pelzl, President of the Chamber, Mr I. Nõmm, Mr D. Kukovec, Ms R. Pezzuto, Judges, and one other Judge designated by analogy to the Decision of the General Court of 22 September 2025 on the designation of a Judge to replace a Judge who is prevented from acting (1).














 



Sixth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:







 


Ms P. Škvařilová-Pelzl, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Mr I. Nõmm and Mr D. Kukovec, Judges;










 


Formation B: Mr D. Kukovec and Ms R. Pezzuto, Judges;










 


Formation C: Mr I. Nõmm and Ms R. Pezzuto, Judges.














 



Seventh Chamber, sitting with five Judges:







 


Mr K. Kecsmár, President of the Chamber, Mr L. Madise, Mr P. Nihoul, Mr U. Öberg, Mr L. Truchot, Judges.














 



Seventh Chamber, sitting with three Judges:







 


Mr K. Kecsmár, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Mr L. Madise and Mr P. Nihoul, Judges;










 


Formation B: Mr U. Öberg and Mr L. Truchot, Judges;










 


Formation C: Mr L. Madise and Mr U. Öberg, Judges;










 


Formation D: Mr P. Nihoul and Mr L. Truchot, Judges;










 


Formation E: Mr L. Madise and Mr L. Truchot, Judges;










 


Formation F: Mr P. Nihoul and Mr U. Öberg, Judges.














 



Eighth Chamber, sitting with five Judges:







 


Mr I. Gâlea, President of the Chamber, Ms M.J. Costeira, Mr T. Tóth, Ms B. Ricziová, Ms L. Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges.














 



Eighth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:







 


Mr I. Gâlea, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Ms M.J. Costeira and Mr T. Tóth, Judges;










 


Formation B: Ms B. Ricziová and Ms L. Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges;










 


Formation C: Ms M.J. Costeira and Ms B. Ricziová, Judges;










 


Formation D: Mr T. Tóth and Ms L. Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges;










 


Formation E: Ms M.J. Costeira and Ms L. Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges;










 


Formation F: Mr T. Tóth and Ms B. Ricziová, Judges.














 



Ninth Chamber, sitting with five Judges:







 


Ms S. Kingston, President of the Chamber, Ms A. Marcoulli, Mr P. Zilgalvis, Mr J. Hettne, Judges, and one other Judge designated by analogy to the Decision of the General Court of 22 September 2025 on the designation of a Judge to replace a Judge who is prevented from acting.














 



Ninth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:







 


Ms S. Kingston, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Ms A. Marcoulli and Mr P. Zilgalvis, Judges;










 


Formation B: Mr P. Zilgalvis and Mr J. Hettne, Judges;










 


Formation C: Ms A. Marcoulli and Mr J. Hettne, Judges.














 



Tenth Chamber, sitting with five Judges:







 


Mr. S.L. Kalėda, President of the Chamber, Mr M. Jaeger, Mr H. Kanninen, Ms T. Perišin, Mr S. Verschuur, Judges.














 



Tenth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:







 


Mr S.L. Kalėda, President of the Chamber;










 


Formation A: Mr M. Jaeger and Mr H. Kanninen, Judges;










 


Formation B: Ms T. Perišin and Mr S. Verschuur, Judges;










 


Formation C: Mr M. Jaeger and Ms T. Perišin, Judges;










 


Formation D: Mr H. Kanninen and Mr S. Verschuur, Judges;










 


Formation E: Mr M. Jaeger and Mr S. Verschuur, Judges;










 


Formation F: Mr H. Kanninen and Ms T. Perišin, Judges.








The General Court decided that:






—


the Third, Fourth and Tenth Chambers shall be responsible for cases stemming from the employment relationship between the European Union and its staff, from any relations between the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union and their Members or former Members, and the persons holding or having held office in those institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union;










—


the First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Chambers shall be responsible for cases concerning intellectual property rights referred to in Title IV of the Rules of Procedure, and










—


the Second and Fifth Chambers shall also be responsible for requests for a preliminary ruling referred to in Title VI of the Rules of Procedure.




The General Court also decided the following:






—


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










—


in the course of each judicial year, the Vice-President shall sit:






(i)


in each of the Chambers not responsible for requests for a preliminary ruling, sitting with five Judges, on the basis of one case per Chamber in the following order:






(a)


the first case referred, by decision of the General Court, before an extended Chamber, sitting with five Judges of the First Chamber, the Third Chamber, the Fourth Chamber and the Sixth Chamber;










(b)


the third case referred, by decision of the General Court, before an extended Chamber, sitting with five Judges of the Seventh Chamber, the Eighth Chamber, the Ninth Chamber and the Tenth Chamber;




The notion of ‘case referred’ shall include:






—


cases joined before the decision to refer, and










—


connected cases referred before the same extended composition, which are to be treated together and at the same time.




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










(ii)


in a preliminary ruling case pending before each of the two Chambers responsible for dealing with requests for a preliminary ruling, on the basis of one case per Chamber in:






(a)


the first preliminary ruling case pending before the Second Chamber where the preliminary report






(i)


does not propose to refer the case before a Chamber sitting with another number of Judges, and










(ii)


does not propose to proceed to a decision without a hearing and without an Opinion of the Advocate General;














(b)


the third preliminary ruling case pending before the Fifth Chamber and where the preliminary report






(i)


does not propose to refer the case before a Chamber sitting with another number of Judges, and










(ii)


does not propose to proceed to a decision without a hearing and without an Opinion of the Advocate General.








The notion of ‘pending preliminary ruling case’ shall include:






—


cases joined before the preliminary report is presented or where it is proposed to join the cases in the report, and










—


connected cases to be treated together and at the same time.




Where the Vice-President is called upon to sit in one of the Chambers responsible for dealing with requests for a preliminary ruling, that Chamber shall be composed of the Vice-President, the President of the Chamber concerned, the Judge-Rapporteur and the required number of Judges of the Chamber before which the case was initially referred in order to complete the Chamber, determined in reverse order to the order laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure.










(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/5488, 13.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5488/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5485/oj
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