CELEX: C2000/316/03
Language: en
Date: 2000-11-04 00:00:00
Title: Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 10 October 2000

4.11.2000             EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                      C 316/1
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                                                              (Information)
                                                  COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                          COURT OF JUSTICE
Assumption of duties by new Judges of the Court of                      Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on
                              Justice                                                         10 October 2000
                        (2000/C 316/01)
                                                                                              (2000/C 316/03)
Following their appointment as Judges of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities by decision of the
                                                                        The Court of Justice of the European Communities adopted
representatives of the Governments of the Member States of
                                                                        the following decisions at its meeting on 10 October 2000:
the European Communities of 26 July 2000 (1), for the period
from 7 October 2000 to 6 October 2006, Mr von Bahr, Mr da
Cunha Rodrigues and Mr Timmermans took their oaths before
the Court on 6 October 2000.
                                                                        Assignment of Judges von Bahr, da Cunha Rodrigues and
Following their appointment as Advocates General of the                 Timmermans
Court of Justice of the European Communities by decision of
the representatives of the Governments of the Member States
of the European Communities of 26 July 2000 (1), for the                The Court decided to assign Judges von Bahr and Timmermans
period from 7 October 2000 to 6 October 2006, Mr Tizzano,               to the Fourth and Fifth Chambers and Judge da Cunha
Mr Geelhoed and Ms Stix-Hackl took their oaths before the               Rodrigues to the Third and Sixth Chambers.
Court on 6 October 2000.
(1) OJ L 199 of 5.8.2000, p. 81.
                                                                        Appointment of Presidents of Chambers
                                                                        In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the
                                                                        Court has appointed for a period of one year starting on
                                                                        7 October 2000:
      Election of the President of the Court of Justice
                                                                        —    Judge Wathelet as President of the First Chamber,
                        (2000/C 316/02)
                                                                        —    Judge Skouris as President of the Second Chamber,
At their meeting on 10 October 2000, the Judges of the
Court of Justice of the European Communities elected Judge
Rodrı́guez Iglesias as President of the Court of Justice pursuant       —    Judge Gulmann as President of the Third and Sixth
to Article 7(1) of the Rules of Procedure, for the period from               Chambers,
7 October 2000 to 6 October 2003.
                                                                        —    Judge La Pergola as President of the Fourth and Fifth
                                                                             Chamber.
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Composition of the Chambers                                             (b) second, the Judges of the other small Chamber, in the
                                                                              same order.
1.     The composition of the Chambers for the same period
has been determined as follows:                                         For each case, the large Chamber shall be composed of:
                                                                        —     the President,
—     First Chamber
                                                                        —     the Judge-Rapporteur,
      Mr Wathelet, President of the Chamber,
                                                                        —     three Judges designated in the order set out in the relevant
      Mr Jann and Mr Sevón, Judges.                                          list; the starting-point on that list shall be moved down
                                                                              one name at each general meeting.
—     Second Chamber
      Mr Skouris, President of the Chamber,                             Replacement of a Judge or Judges prevented from attending
                                                                        shall be in the order set out in the list. However, should the
      Mr Schintgen and Ms Colneric, Judges.                             President of a large Chamber be prevented from sitting, he
                                                                        shall be replaced preferably by the President of the small
—     Third Chamber                                                     Chamber.
      Mr Gulmann, President of the Chamber,                             If the Court, or a Chamber, considers that a number of cases
                                                                        should be heard and determined together (whether or not they
      Mr Puissochet, Ms Macken and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues,               are formally joined), the composition of the bench shall be
      Judges.                                                           that determined for the first of the cases discussed at a general
                                                                        meeting.
—     Fourth Chamber
                                                                        4.     For the period ending on 6 October 2001, the lists
      Mr La Pergola, President of the Chamber,
                                                                        referred to above are as follows:
      Mr Edward, Mr von Bahr and Mr Timmermans, Judges.                 —     Third Chamber
—     Fifth Chamber                                                           (President: Mr Gulmann)
      Mr La Pergola, President of the Chamber,                                Ms Macken and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues, Judges.
      Mr Wathelet, Mr Edward, Mr Jann, Mr Sevón, Mr von                —     Fourth Chamber
      Bahr and Mr Timmermans, Judges.
                                                                              (President: Mr La Pergola)
—     Sixth Chamber
                                                                              Mr Edward, Mr von Bahr and Mr Timmermans, Judges.
      Mr Gulmann, President of the Chamber,
                                                                        —     Fifth Chamber
      Mr Skouris, Mr Puissochet, Mr Schintgen, Ms Macken,
      Ms Colneric and Mr da Cunha Rodrigues, Judges.                          (President: Mr La Pergola)
                                                                              Mr Edward, Mr von Bahr, Mr Timmermans, Mr Jann,
2.     For each case assigned to them, the Third and Fourth                   Mr Sevón and Mr Wathelet, Judges.
Chambers (to each of which four Judges are attached) shall be
composed of the President of the Chamber, the Judge-                    —     Sixth Chamber
Rapporteur and a third Judge designated in the order set out
in a list which corresponds to the order of seniority. At each                (President: Mr Gulmann)
general meeting the starting-point on that list shall be moved
down one name.                                                                Mr Puissochet, Ms Macken, Mr da Cunha Rodrigues,
                                                                              Mr Schintgen, Mr Skouris and Ms Colneric, Judges.
3.     For the purposes of determining the five Judges who are          Appointment of the First Advocate General
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             In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the
are attached), a list shall be drawn up for the judicial year. That     Court of Justice appointed Advocate General D. Ruiz-Jarabo
list shall comprise all the Judges of the Chamber, apart from           Colomer as First Advocate General for a period of one year
the President, in the following order:                                  starting on 7 October 2000.
(a)   first, the Judges of the small Chamber composed of four
      Judges, in order of seniority;