CELEX: 32000Y0122(02)
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-14 00:00:00
Title: Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 14 December 1999

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32000Y0122(02)

Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 14 December 1999  

Official Journal C 020 , 22/01/2000 P. 0001 - 0002

Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 14 December 1999(2000/C 20/02)The Court of Justice of the European Communities adopted the following decisions at its meeting on 14 December 1999:Assignment of Judge La PergolaMr La Pergola is assigned to the Fourth and Fifth Chambers.Composition of the Fourth and Fifth Chambers1. The composition of the Fourth and Fifth Chambers for the period from 15 December 1999 to 6 October 2000 has been determined as follows:Fourth ChamberMr Edward, President of the Chamber,Messrs Kapteyn, La Pergola and Ragnemalm, Judges.Fifth ChamberMr Edward, President of the Chamber,Messrs Kapteyn, La Pergola, Ragnemalm, Jann, Sevón and Wathelet, Judges.2. The Court has consequently decided to make the following modifications to points 2 and 3 of its decision concerning the composition of Chambers adopted at its meeting on 6 October 1999(1):"2. For each case assigned to them, the Third and Fourth Chambers (to each of which four Judges are attached) shall be composed of the President of the Chamber, the Judge-Rapporteur and a third Judge designated in the order set out in a list which corresponds to the order of seniority. At each general meeting the starting-point on that list shall be moved down one name.3. For the purposes of determining the five Judges who are to sit in each case assigned to a large Chamber, that is to say, the Fifth and Sixth Chambers (to each of which seven Judges are attached), a list shall be drawn up for the judicial year. That list shall comprise all the Judges of the Chamber, apart from the President, in the following order:(a) first, the Judges of the small Chamber composed of four Judges, in order of seniority;(b) second, the Judges of the other small Chamber; in the same order.For each case, the large Chamber shall be composed of:- the President,- the Judge-Rapporteur,- 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.Replacement of a Judge or Judges prevented from attending shall be in the order set out in the list. However, should the President of a large Chamber be prevented from sitting, he shall be replaced preferably by the President of the small Chamber.If the Court, or a Chamber, considers that a number of cases should not be heard and determined together (whether or not they are formally joined), the composition of the bench shall be that determined for the first of the cases discussed at a general meeting."3. In addition, as regards the period from 15 December 1999 to 6 October 2000, the lists on the basis of which the composition of the Fourth and Fifth Chambers is determined, as set out in point 4 of the decision adopted by the Court at its meeting on 6 October 1999, are amended as follows:Fourth Chamber(President: Mr Edward)Messrs Kapteyn, La Pergola and Ragnemalm, Judges.Fifth Chamber(President: Mr Edward)Messrs Kapteyn, La Pergola, Ragnemalm, Jann, Sevón and Wathelet, Judges.(1) OJ C 333 of 20.11.1999, p. 1.