CELEX: C2002/261/01
Language: en
Date: 2002-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Decisions adopted by the Court at its meetings on 17 September and 1 October 2002

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                                                COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                         COURT OF JUSTICE
Decisions adopted by the Court at its meetings on                       Second Chamber
             17 September and 1 October 2002
                                                                        Mr Schintgen, President of the Chamber,
                       (2002/C 261/01)
                                                                        Mr Skouris and Ms Colneric, Judges.
                                                                        Third Chamber
The Court of Justice of the European Communities adopted
the following decisions at its meeting on 17 September 2002             Mr Puissochet, President of the Chamber,
                                                                        Mr Gulmann, Ms Macken and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues, Judges.
Appointment of Presidents of the Chambers
                                                                        Fourth Chamber
In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the
                                                                        Mr Timmermans, President of the Chamber,
Court has appointed for a period of one year starting on
7 October 2002:
                                                                        Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola and Mr von Bahr, Judges.
—     Judge Wathelet as President of the First and Fifth
      Chambers,                                                         Fifth Chamber
—     Judge Puissochet as President of the Third and Sixth              Mr Puissochet, President of the Chamber,
      Chambers,
                                                                        Mr Timmermans, Mr Edward, Mr La Pergola, Mr Jann, Mr von
—     Judge Schintgen as President of the Second Chamber,               Bahr and Mr Rosas, Judges.
—     Judge Timmermans as President of the Fourth Chamber.              Sixth Chamber
                                                                        Mr Puissochet, President of the Chamber,
Composition of the Chambers                                             Mr Schintgen, Mr Gulmann, Mr Skouris, Ms Macken, Ms Col-
                                                                        neric 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
First Chamber                                                           Chambers (to each of which four judges are attached) shall be
                                                                        composed of the President of the Chamber, the Judge-
Mr Wathelet, President of the Chamber,                                  Rapporteur and a third judge designated in accordance with a
                                                                        list of the judges in order of seniority. At each general meeting
Mr Jann and Mr Rosas, Judges.                                           the starting-point on that list is to be moved down one name.
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3.     For each case assigned to a large Chamber, namely the            Sixth Chamber
Fifth and Sixth Chambers, to each of which seven judges are
attached, the five judges who are to sit shall be determined on         (President: Judge Puissochet)
the basis of a list drawn up for the judicial year comprising all       Judge Gulmann, Judge Macken, Judge da Cunha Rodrigues,
the judges of the Chamber, except the President, in the                 Judge Schintgen, Judge Skouris and Judge Colneric.
following order:
(a)   the judges of the small Chamber to which four judges are          Appointment of the First Advocate General
      attached, in order of seniority;
                                                                        At its meeting held on 1 October 2002, in accordance with
(b)   the judges of the other small Chamber, in the same order.         Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the Court of Justice
                                                                        appointed Advocate General J. Mischo as First Advocate
                                                                        General for a period of one year starting on 7 October 2002.
For each case, the large Chamber shall be composed of:
—     the President,
—     the Judge-Rapporteur,                                             Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Verwaltungsge-
                                                                        richt Stuttgart by order of that Court of 11 July 2002 in
—     three judges appointed in order from the list; the starting-       the case of Engin Ayaz against Land Baden-Württemberg
      point on that list shall be moved down one name at each
      general meeting.                                                                          (Case C-275/02)
                                                                                                (2002/C 261/02)
Any judges prevented from sitting shall be replaced in order
from the list. However, should the President of the large
Chamber be prevented from sitting, he must be replaced if
possible by the President of the small Chamber.                         Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
                                                                        European Communities by order of the Verwaltungsgericht
                                                                        Stuttgart (Stuttgart Administrative Court) of 11 July 2002,
If the Court, or a Chamber, deems it appropriate to hear and            received at the Court Registry on 26 July 2002, for a
determine two or more cases together (whether or not they               preliminary ruling in the case of Engin Ayaz against Land
are formally joined), the composition of the bench shall be             Baden-Württemberg on the following question:
that determined for the first of the cases discussed at a general
meeting.                                                                Is a stepson aged under 21 years of a Turkish worker who is
                                                                        duly registered as belonging to the labour force of a Member
                                                                        State a member of the family within the meaning of the first
4.     For the period ending on 6 October 2003, the lists               paragraph of Article 7 of Decision No 1/80 of the Association
referred to above are as follows:                                       Council of 19 September 1980 on the development of the
                                                                        Association?
Third Chamber
(President: Judge Puissochet)
Judge Gulmann, Judge Macken and Judge de Cunha Rodrigues.
                                                                        Action brought on 31 July 2002 by the Commission of
Fourth Chamber                                                                   the European Communities against Ireland
(President: Judge Timmermans)                                                                   (Case C-282/02)
Judge Edward, Judge La Pergola and Judge von Bahr.                                              (2002/C 261/03)
Fifth Chamber
                                                                        An action against Ireland was brought before the Court of
(President: Judge Wathelet)                                             Justice of the European Communities on 31 July 2002 by the
                                                                        Commission of the European Communities, represented by
Judge Edward, Judge La Pergola, Judge von Bahr, Judge                   Michael Shotter, acting as agent, with an address for service in
Timmermans, Judge Jann and Judge Rosas.                                 Luxembourg.