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C 289/22 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 13.10.2001

**COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE**

**Election of the President of the Court of First Instance** b) **to assign the Members of the Court of First Instance**
**to Chambers as follows:**

(2001/C 289/56)

_to the First Chamber:_
The Judges of the Court of First Instance, meeting on 19 September 2001, elected Judge Bo Vesterdorf as President of the
Mr Vesterdorf (President), Mr Forwood and Mr Legal,
Court of First Instance, pursuant to Article 7 of the Rules of
Judges;
Procedure, for the period from 19 September 2001 to
31 August 2004.
_to the First Chamber, Extended Composition:_

Mr Vesterdorf (President), Mr Lenaerts, Mr Azizi, Mr Forwood and Mr Legal, Judges;

_to the Second Chamber:_
**Appointment of the Registrar of the Court of First**
**Instance** Mr Moura Ramos (President of Chamber), Mr Pirrung and
Mr Meij, Judges;

(2001/C 289/57)
_to the Second Chamber, Extended Composition:_

At its meeting on 19 September 2001 the Court of First
Mr Moura Ramos (President of Chamber), Ms Tiili,
Instance appointed Hans Jung as Registrar of the Court of
Mr Pirrung, Mr Mengozzi and Mr Meij, Judges;
First Instance, pursuant to Article 20 in conjunction with
Article 7(3) of the Rules of Procedure, for the period from
27 September 2001 to 26 September 2007. _to the Third Chamber:_

Mr Jaeger (President of Chamber), Mr Lenaerts and
Mr Azizi, Judges;

_to the Third Chamber, Extended Composition:_

**Designation of Presidents of Chambers and assignment of** Mr Jaeger (President of Chamber), Mr Garcı´a-Valdecasas,
**Judges to Chambers** Mr Lenaerts, Ms Lindh and Mr Azizi, Judges;

(2001/C 289/58) _to the Fourth Chamber:_

Mr Vilaras (President of Chamber), Ms Tiili and Mr MenAt its plenary conference held on 20 September 2001 the
gozzi, Judges;
Court of First Instance decided, pursuant to Article 2(4) of the
Council Decision of 24 October 1988 and Articles 10 and 15
of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, in _to the Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition:_
respect of the period from 20 September 2001 to 30 September 2002: Mr Vilaras (President of Chamber), Ms Tiili, Mr Pirrung,
Mr Mengozzi and Mr Meij, Judges;

a) **to designate as Presidents of Chambers:** _to the Fifth Chamber:_

— Mr Cooke (President of Chamber), Mr Garcı´a-Valdecasas
Judge Moura Ramos
and Ms Lindh, Judges;

—
Judge Cooke
_to the Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition:_

—
Judge Jaeger
Mr Cooke (President of Chamber), Mr Garcı´a-Valdecasas,

—
Judge Vilaras Ms Lindh, Mr Forwood and Mr Legal, Judges.

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Cases pending before the present Chambers have been reallo- c) the other cases referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall be
cated with effect from 20 September 2001 to the Chamber, assigned to the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth
composed of the same number of Judges, of which the Judge- Chambers. Such assignment is to be effected on the
Rapporteur in each particular case is a member. basis of three separate rotas, reflecting the order in
which the cases are registered at the Court Registry:

— for the cases referred to in Article 236 of the
However, for cases in which the written procedure was EC Treaty and Article 152 of the EAEC Treaty,
completed and a hearing in the oral procedure was held or
fixed before 20 September 2001, the Chambers shall continue —
for the cases concerning the implementation
to sit with the same composition as before for the oral
of the rules on competition applicable to
procedure, the deliberation and the judgment.
undertakings,

—
for the other cases covered by paragraph 1(b).

**Criteria for assigning cases to the Chambers** For the purposes of the rota referred to in the first indent of
paragraph 2(c) above, the assignment of cases concerning
intellectual property to the Second and Fourth Chambers on
the basis of the rota referred to in paragraph 2(b) shall be
compensated for by the assignment of cases to the First, Third
At its plenary conference held on 20 September 2001 the and Fifth Chambers on a pro rata basis.
Court of First Instance established the following criteria for the
assignment of cases to the Chambers for the period from
20 September 2001 to 30 September 2002, pursuant to
Article 12 of the Rules of Procedure: For the purposes of the rotas referred to in paragraphs 2(a)
and 2(c), the First Chamber and the First Chamber, Extended
Composition, presided over by the President of the Court of
First Instance, shall not be included in those lists every third
1. a) Actions concerning the implementation of the rules time the end of a rota is reached.
on State aid or the rules on trade protection
measures shall be assigned, with effect from the
lodging of the application and without prejudice to
any subsequent application of Articles 14 and 51 of The President of the Court of First Instance may derogate from
the Rules of Procedure, to Chambers with an that order on the ground that cases are related or with a view
extended composition of five Judges. to ensuring an even spread of the workload.

b) All other cases shall be assigned, with effect from
the lodging of the application and without prejudice
to any subsequent application of Articles 14 and 51 **Plenary session**
of the Rules of Procedure, to Chambers composed
of three Judges.

At its plenary conference held on 20 September 2001, the
Court of First Instance decided pursuant to the second
2. The cases referred to in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) shall be subparagraph of Article 32(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the
allocated between the Chambers as follows: Court of First Instance 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
a) the cases referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall be First Instance sitting in plenary session, the rota established in
assigned in turn, according to the order in which advance in accordance with which the President of the Court
they are registered at the Court Registry, to the First, is to designate the Judge who will not take part in the judgment
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Chambers, Extended of the case shall be in reverse order to that in which the Judges
Composition; 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
b) cases concerning intellectual property, as referred to
designated.
in Article 130(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the
Court of First Instance, shall be assigned, according
to the order in which they are registered at the Court
Registry, to the Second and Fourth Chambers;