CELEX: C2003/184/74
Language: en
Date: 2003-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Designation of Presidents of Chambers and assignment of Judges to Chambers

C 184/32              EN                         Official Journal of the European Union                                          2.8.2003
                                                       COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Designation of Presidents of Chambers and assignment of                        to the Fifth Chamber:
                      Judges to Chambers
                                                                               Ms Lindh, (President of Chamber), Mr García-Valdecasas
                         (2003/C 184/74)                                       and Mr Cooke, Judges;
                                                                               to the Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition:
At its meeting on 2 July 2003, the Court of First Instance
decided, pursuant to Articles 10 and 15 of the Rules of                        Ms Lindh, (President of Chamber, Mr García-Valdecasas,
Procedure of the Court of First Instance and to the transitional               Mr Cooke, Mr Mengozzi et Ms Martins Ribeiro, Judges.
provision laid down in Article 2 of the amendment to its
Rules of Procedure adopted on 21 May 2003, for the period
                                                                         Where the Judge-Rapporteur is assigned to another Chamber
between 1 October 2003 and 31 August 2004:
                                                                         of three judges as a result of the amendment of the composi-
                                                                         tion of the Chambers, shall be reassigned, with effect from
a.   to designate as Presidents of Chamber:
                                                                         1 October 2003, to the Chamber to which the Judge Rappor-
     —     Judge Pirrung                                                 teur belongs after that date.
     —     Judge Azizi                                                   For cases in which the written procedure was completed and a
     —     Judge Legal                                                   hearing in the oral procedure was held or fixed before
                                                                         1 October 2003, the Chamber shall continue to sit with the
     —     Judge Lindh                                                   same composition as before for the oral procedure, the delib-
                                                                         eration and the judgment.
b.   to assign the Members of the Court of First Instance to
     the Chambers as follows:
     to the First Chamber:
                                                                         Composition of the Grand Chamber
     Mr Vesterdorf (President), Mr Mengozzi and Ms Martins
     Ribeiro, Judges;                                                    At its full meeting on 2 July 2003 the Court of First Instance
                                                                         decided, in accordance with Article 10(1) of its Rules of
     to the First Chamber, Extended Composition:                         Procedure as amended on 21 May 2003, that:
     Mr Vesterdorf (President), Mr Lenaerts, Mr Jaeger,
     Mr Mengozzi and Ms Martins Ribeiro, Judges;                         —     for the period 1 August to 30 September 2003 the
                                                                               Grand Chamber should be composed of President Vester-
     to the Second Chamber:                                                    dorf, Judges García-Valdecasas, Lenaerts, Tiili and
                                                                               Forwood, Presidents of Chambers, the four Judges of the
     Mr Pirrung, (President of Chamber), Mr Meij and                           Extended Composition Chamber who would have had to
     Mr Forwood, Judges;                                                       hear the case in question if it had been assigned to a
                                                                               Chamber composed of five Judges and of two other
     to the Second Chamber, Extended Composition:                              Judges nominated by the President of the Court of First
                                                                               Instance in turn from among the Judges of the other
     Mr Pirrung, (President of Chamber), Ms Tiili, Mr Meij,                    Chamber in order of their seniority in office under
     Mr Vilaras and Mr Forwood, Judges;                                        Article 6 of the Rules of Procedure;
     to the Third Chamber:
                                                                         —     for the period 1 October 2003 to 31 August 2004, the
     Mr Azizi, (President of Chamber, Mr Lenaerts and                          Grand Chamber shall be composed of President Vester-
     Mr Jaeger, Judges;                                                        dorf, Judges Lindh, Azizi, Pirrung and Legal, Presidents of
                                                                               Chambers, the four Judges of the Extended Composition
     to the Third Chamber, Extended Composition:                               Chamber who would have had to hear the case in
                                                                               question if it had been assigned to a Chamber composed
     Mr Azizi, (President of Chamber), Mr García-Valdecasas,                   of five Judges and of two other Judges nominated by the
     Mr Lenaerts, Mr Cooke and Mr Jaeger, Judges;                              President of the Court of First Instance in turn from
                                                                               among the Judges of the other Chamber in order of their
     to the Fourth Chamber:                                                    seniority in office under Article 6 of the Rules of Proce-
                                                                               dure;
     Mr Legal, (President of Chamber), Ms Tiili and Mr Vilaras,
     Judges;
                                                                         With regard to cases in which the written procedure was
     to the Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition:                        completed and a hearing for the oral procedure held or fixed
                                                                         before the Grand Chamber before 1 October 2003, the Grand
     Mr Legal, (President of Chamber), Ms Tiili, Mr Meij,                Chamber shall continue to sit in its previous composition for
     Mr Vilaras and Mr Forwood, Judges;                                  the oral procedure, the deliberations and the judgment.
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Plenary session                                                          In connection with those various orders, the First Chamber,
                                                                         presided over by the President of the Court of First Instance,
At its meeting on 2 July 2003, the Court of First Instance               shall not be taken into consideration at each third turn.
decided pursuant to the second sub-paragraph of Article 32(1)
of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance that
where, following the designation of an Advocate General                  The President of the Court of First Instance may derogate from
pursuant to Article 17 of the Rules of Procedure, there is an            that order on the ground that cases are related or with a view
even number of Judges in the Court of First Instance sitting in          to ensuring an even spread of the workload.
plenary session, the rota established in advance in accordance
with which the President of the Court is to designate the Judge
who will not take part in the judgment of the case shall be in
reverse order to that in which the Judges 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 designated.
Designation of the Judge replacing the President of the
Court of First Instance as the Judge hearing an application                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
for interim measures
At its meeting on 2 July 2003, the Court of First Instance                                          of 4 June 2003
decided in accordance with Article 106 of its Rules of Proce-
dure, as amended on 21 May 2003, that where the President is
absent or prevented from sitting to hear an application for
                                                                         in Joined Cases T-124/01 and T-320/01 Pietro Del Vaglio v
interim measures, to designate to replace him:
                                                                                 Commission of the European Communities (1)
—     for the period 1 August to 30 September 2003, Judge
      García-Valdecasas, or if he is absent or prevented from
      sitting, Judge Lenaerts, Judge Tiili or Judge Forwood, in          (Officials — Weighting — Pension — Definition of resi-
      that order;                                                                 dence — Burden of proof — United Kingdom)
—     for the period 1 October 2003 to 31 August 2004, Judge
      García-Valdecasas, or if he is absent or prevented from
      sitting, Judge Lenaerts.                                                                      (2003/C 184/75)
                                                                                             (Language of the case: French)
Criteria for assigning cases to the Chambers
At its meeting on 2 July 2003, the Court of First Instance
established the following criteria for the assignment of cases to
the Chambers for the period between 1 October 2003 and                   In Joined Cases T-124/01 and T-320/01: Pietro Del Vaglio, a
31August 2004 pursuant to Article 12 of the Rules of Proce-              former official of the Commission of the European Commu-
dure:                                                                    nities, residing in London, represented by G. Vandersanden and
                                                                         L. Levi, lawyers, against the Commission of the European
1.    Cases shall be assigned, with effect from the lodging of           Communities (Agent: J. Currall) — application for the annul-
      the application and without prejudice to any subsequent            ment of the Commission's decisions of 5 April 2000 and
      application of Articles 14 and 51 of the Rules of Proce-           6 September 2001 refusing to apply the United Kingdom
      dure, to Chambers of three Judges...                               weighting to the applicant's pension from, respectively, 8 May
                                                                         1999 and 24 September 2000, and for damages and default
2.    Cases shall be allocated to the Chambers in turn,                  interest on the remainder of the pension owed, the Court of
      following four different orders depending on the date on           First Instance (single judge: V. Tiili); Registrar: J. Palacio
      which the cases were registered at the Registry:                   González, Principal Administrator, gave a judgment on 4 June
                                                                         2003, in which it:
      —     for cases concerning implementation of the rules on
            competition applicable to undertakings, of the rules
            on State aid and the rules on measures to protect
            trade;                                                       1.    dismisses the application in Case T-124/01;
      —     for the cases referred to in Article 236 of the EC
            Treaty and Article 152 of the EAEC Treaty;                   2.    annuls the Commission's decision of 6 September 2001 in so
                                                                               far as the Commission refused to apply the United Kingdom
      —     for the cases concerning intellectual property rights              weighting to the applicant's pension from 1 January 2001;
            referred to in Article 130(1) of the Rules of Proce-
            dure;
      —     for all other cases.                                         3.    dismisses the remainder of the application in Case T-320/01;