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C 259/14 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9.9.2000

**COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE**

**Designation of Presidents of Chamber and assignment of** _to the Fifth Chamber_
**Judges to Chambers**

Ms Lindh (President of Chamber), Mr Garcı´a-Valdecasas
(2000/C 259/23)
and Mr Cooke, Judges;

At its plenary meeting on 4 July 2000, the Court of First
Instance decided, pursuant to Article 2(4) of the Council _to the Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition_
Decision of 24 October 1988 and Articles 10 and 15 of the
Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, in respect of
Ms Lindh (President of Chamber), Mr Garcı´a-Valdecasas,
the period between 1 October 2000 and 31 September 2001:
Mr Cooke, Mr Vilaras and Mr Forwood, Judges.

(a) to designate as Presidents of Chamber:

— Ms Lindh, For cases in which the written procedure was completed and a
hearing in the oral procedure was held or fixed before
— Mr Azizi, 1 October 2000, the Chambers shall continue to sit with the
same composition as before for the oral procedure, the

—
Mr Mengozzi, deliberation and the judgment.

—
Mr Meij;

(b) to assign the Members of the Court of First Instance to _Criteria for assigning cases to the Chambers_
the Chambers as follows:

_to the First Chamber_
At its plenary meeting on 4 July 2000, the Court of First
Instance established the following criteria for the assignment
Mr Vesterdorf (President), Mr Vilaras and M. Forwood,
of cases to the Chambers for the period from 1 October 2000
Judges;
to 31 August 2001, pursuant to Article 12 of the Rules of
Procedure:
_to the First Chamber, Extended Composition_

Mr Vesterdorf (President), Mr Potocki, Mr Pirrung, Mr 1. (a) Actions concerning the implementation of the rules
Vilaras and Mr Forwood, Judges; on State aid or the rules on trade protection
measures shall be assigned, with effect from the
_to the Second Chamber_
lodging of the application and without prejudice to
any subsequent application of Articles 14 and 51 of
Mr Meij, (President of Chamber), Mr Potocki and Mr Pirthe Rules of Procedures, to Chambers with an
rung, Judges;
extended composition of five Judges.

_to the Second Chamber, Extend Composition_
(b) All other cases shall be assigned, with effect from
Mr Meij (President of Chamber), Mr Lenaerts, Mr Potocki,
the lodging of the application and without prejudice
Mr Jaeger and Mr Pirrung, Judges;
to any subsequent application of Articles 14 and 51
of the Rules of Procedure, to Chambers of three
_to the Third Chamber_
Judges.

Mr Azizi (President of Chamber), Mr Lenaerts et Mr Jaeger,
Judges: 2. The cases referred to in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) shall be
allocated between the Chambers as follows:
_to the Third Chamber, Extended Composition_

Mr Azizi (President of Chamber), Mr Lenaerts, Ms Tiili, (a) The cases referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall be
Mr Moura Ramos and Mr Jaeger, Judges; assigned in turn, according to the order in which
they are registered at the Court Registry, to the First,
_to the Fourth Chamber_ Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Chambers, Extended
Composition;
Mr Mengozzi (President of Chamber), Ms Tiili et Mr Moura Ramos, Judges;
(b) Cases concerning intellectual property, as referred
_to the Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition_ to in Article 130(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the
Court of First Instance, shall be assigned, according
Mr Mengozzi (President of Chamber), Mr Garcı´a-Valdeca- to the order in which they are registered at the Court
sas, Ms Tiili, Ms Moura Ramos and Mr Cooke, Judges; Registry, to the Second and Fourth Chambers;

9.9.2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 259/15

(c) The other cases referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall **JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE**
be assigned to the First, Second, Third, Fourth and
Fifth Chambers. Such assignment is to be effected
on the basis of three separate rotas, reflecting the **of 21 June 2000**
order in which the cases are registered at the Court
Registry:
**in Case T-537/93: Hervé Tromeur v Council of the**
— for the cases referred to in Article 236 of the **European Union and Commission of the European Com-**
**munities** ( [1] )
EC Treaty and Article 152 of the EAEC Treaty,

—
for the cases concerning the implementation _**(Action for damages — Non-contractual liability — Milk —**_
of the rules on competition applicable to _**Additional levy — Reference quantity — Producer having**_
undertakings, _**entered into an undertaking to convert — Production not**_
_**resumed on expiry of the undertaking)**_

—
for the other cases covered by paragraph 1(b).
(2000/C 259/24)

For the purposes of the rota referred to in the first indent of
paragraph 2(c), the assignment of cases concerning intellectual
property to the Second and Fourth Chambers on the basis of _(Language of the case: French)_
the rota referred to in paragraph 2(b) shall be compensated for
by the assignment of cases to the First, Third and Fifth
Chambers on a pro rata basis. In Case T-537/93: Hervé Tromeur, residing in Fuzunec, France,
represented by C. Larzul and F. Buffet, and subsequently by
A. Delanoé, of the Rennes Bar, with an address for service in
For the purposes of the rotas referred to in paragraphs 2(a) Luxembourg at the Chambers of A. May, 398 Route d’Esch, v
and 2(c), the First Chamber and the First Chamber, Extended Council of the European Union (Agents: M. Colaert and
Composition, presided over by the President of the Court of M. Nu´n˜ez Müller) and Commission of the European CommuniFirst Instance, shall not be included in those lists every third ties (Agents: G. Berscheid and M. Nu´n˜ez Müller) — application
thime the end of a rota is reached. for compensation under Article 178 and the second paragraph
of Article 215 of the EC Treaty (now Article 235 EC and the
second paragraph of Article 288 EC) for damage suffered by
the applicant as a result of his having been prevented
The President of the Court of First Instance may derogate from
from marketing milk by virtue of Council Regulation (EEC)
that order on the ground that cases related or with a view to
No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the
ensuring an even spread of the workload.
application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector
(OJ 1984 L 90, p. 13), as supplemented by Commission
_**Plenary session**_ Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 of 16 May 1984 laying down
detailed rules for the application of the additional levy referred
to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (OJ 1984
L 132, p. 11) — the Court of First Instance of the European
At ist plenary meeting on 4 July 2000, the Court of First
Communities (Single Judge: R.M. Moura Ramos); J. Palacio
Instance decided pursuant to the second subparagraph of
Gonza´lez, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgArticle 32(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First
ment on 21 June 2000, in which it:
Instance that where, following the designation of an Advocate
General pusruant to Article 17 of the Rules of Procedure, there
is an even number of Judges in the Court of First Instance 1. _Dismisses the application;_
sitting in plenary session, the rota established in advance in
accordance with which the President of the Court is to
designate the Judge who will not take part in the judgment of
2. _Orders the applicant to pay the costs._
the case shall be in reverse order to that 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
designated is the Judge-Rapporteur. In that event, it shall be
the Judge ranking immediately above him who shall be
( [1] ) OJ C 314 of 20.11.93.
designated.