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27.10.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 303/1

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_(Information)_

# COURT OF JUSTICE

**COURT OF JUSTICE**

**Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 18 Sep-** _Second Chamber_
**tember 2001**

Ms Colneric, President of the Chamber,

(2001/C 303/01)
Mr Schintgen and Mr Skouris, Judges.

The Court of Justice of the European Communities adopted _Third Chamber_
the following decisions at its meeting on 18 September 2001:
Ms Macken, President of the Chamber,

Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues,
Judges.
**Appointment of Presidents of Chambers**

_Fourth Chamber_
In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the
Court has appointed for a period of one year starting on
Mr von Bahr, President of the Chamber,
7 October 2001:

Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola and Mr Timmermans, Judges.

—
Judge Jann as President of the First and Fifth Chambers,

— _Fifth Chamber_
Judge Macken as President of the Third and Sixth
Chambers,
Mr Jann, President of the Chamber,

—
Judge Colneric as President of the Second Chamber, Mr von Bahr, Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola, Mr Sevo´n, Mr Wathelet and Mr Timmermans, Judges.

—
Judge von Bahr as President of the Fourth Chamber.
_Sixth Chamber_

Ms Macken, President of the Chamber,

**Composition of the Chambers**
Ms Colneric, Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet, Mr Schintgen,
Mr Skouris and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues, Judges.
1. The composition of the Chambers for the same period
has been determined as follows:
2. For each case assigned to them, the Third and Fourth
Chambers (to each of which four Judges are attached) shall be
_First Chamber_ composed of the President of the Chamber, the Judge Rapporteur and a third Judge designated in the order set out in a list
Mr Jann, President of the Chamber, which corresponds to the order of seniority. At each general
meeting the starting point on that list shall be moved down
Mr Sevo´n and Mr Wathelet, Judges. one name.

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3. For the purposes of determining the five Judges who are _Sixth Chamber_
to sit in each case assigned to a large Chamber, that is to say,
(President: Judge Macken)
the Fifth and Sixth Chamber (to each of which seven Judges
are attached), a list shall be drawn up for the judicial year. That
Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet, Mr da Cunha Rodrigues,
list shall comprise all the Judges of the Chamber, apart from
Mr Schintgen, Mr Skouris and Ms Colneric, Judges.
the President, in the following order:

(a) the Judges of the small Chamber composed of four
**Appointment of the First Advocate General**
Judges, in order of seniority;

(b) the Judges of the other small Chamber, in the same order. In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the
Court of Justice appointed Advocate General S. Alber as First
Advocate General for a period of one year starting on
For each case, the large Chamber shall be composed of: 7 October 2001.

—
the President,

—
the Judge-Rapporteur,

— **JUDGMENT OF THE COURT**
three Judges designated in the order set out in the relevant
list; the starting point on that list shall be moved down
one name at each general meeting. **of 13 September 2001**

**in Case C-89/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from**
Replacement of a Judge or Judges prevented from attending
**the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden): Schieving-Nijstad vof**
shall be in the order set out in the list. However, should the **and Others v Robert Groeneveld** ( [1] )
President of a large Chamber be prevented from sitting, he
shall be replaced preferably by the President of the small
Chamber. _**(Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation —**_
_**Article 50(6) of the TRIPs Agreement — Interpretation —**_
_**Direct effect — Application to proceedings pending at the**_
If the Court, or a Chamber, considers that a number of cases _**time of entry into force in the State concerned — Conditions**_
should be heard and determined together (whether or not they _**regarding the time-limit for bringing substantive proceed-**_
are formally joined), the composition of the bench shall be _**ings — Calculation of that time-limit)**_
that determined for the first of the cases discussed at a general
meeting. (2001/C 303/02)

4. For the period ending on 6 October 2002, the lists _(Language of the case: Dutch)_
referred to above are as follows:
_(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published_
_in the European Court Reports)_
_Third Chamber_

In Case C-89/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
(President: Judge Macken)
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the the Hoge Raad
der Nederlanden (Supreme Court of the Netherlands) for a
Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues,
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
Judges
court between Schieving-Nijstad vof and Others and Robert
Groeneveld — on the interpretation of Article 50(6) of the
_Fourth Chamber_ Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights, as set out in Annex 1 C to the Agreement establishing
(President: Judge von Bahr) the World Trade Organisation, approved on behalf of the
Community, as regards matters within its competence, by
Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola and Mr Timmermans, Judges Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 (OJ 1994
L 336, p. 1) — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı´guez
Iglesias, President, C. Gulmann, A. La Pergola, M. Wathelet
_Fifth Chamber_ and V. Skouris (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward
(Rapporteur), J.-P. Puissochet, P. Jann, L. Sevo´n, R. Schintgen,
(President: Judge Jann) F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and
C.W.A. Timmermans, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General;
Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola, Mr von Bahr, Mr Timmermans, L. Hewlett, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
Mr Sevo´n and Mr Wathelet, Judges judgment on 13 September 2001, in which it has ruled: