CELEX: C2001/289/58
Language: en
Date: 2001-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Designation of Presidents of Chambers and assignment of Judges to Chambers

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 Sep-
tember 2001, elected Judge Bo Vesterdorf as President of the
Court of First Instance, pursuant to Article 7 of the Rules of             Mr Vesterdorf (President), Mr Forwood and Mr Legal,
Procedure, for the period from 19 September 2001 to                        Judges;
31 August 2004.
                                                                           to the First Chamber, Extended Composition:
                                                                           Mr Vesterdorf (President), Mr Lenaerts, Mr Azizi, Mr For-
                                                                           wood 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
Instance appointed Hans Jung as Registrar of the Court of                  Mr Moura Ramos (President of Chamber), Ms Tiili,
First Instance, pursuant to Article 20 in conjunction with                 Mr Pirrung, Mr Mengozzi and Mr Meij, Judges;
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 Garcı́a-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 Men-
At 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 Septem-
ber 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:
      —    Judge Moura Ramos                                               Mr Cooke (President of Chamber), Mr Garcı́a-Valdecasas
                                                                           and Ms Lindh, Judges;
      —    Judge Cooke
                                                                           to the Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition:
      —    Judge Jaeger
                                                                           Mr Cooke (President of Chamber), Mr Garcı́a-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
to sit with the same composition as before for the oral                            —     for the cases concerning the implementation
procedure, the deliberation and the judgment.                                            of the rules on competition applicable to
                                                                                         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;