CELEX: C1999/333/03
Language: en
Date: 1999-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Decisions adopted by the Court at its general meeting on 6 October 1999

20.11.1999            EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                      C 333/1
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                                                COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                         COURT OF JUSTICE
Decision adopted by the Court at its general meeting on                Assignment of Judge F. Macken
                      14 September 1999
                                                                       Judge F. Macken is assigned to the Third and Sixth Chambers
                        (1999/C 333/01)
In accordance with Article 10(1) of its Rules of Procedure, the        Appointment of the Presidents of the Cham-
Court of Justice of the European Communities at its general            bers
meeting on 14 September 1999, appointed Mr Nial Fennelly
as First Advocate General for the period from 7 October 1999
to 6 October 2000.                                                     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 1999:
                                                                       — Judge L. Sevón as President of the First Chamber,
                                                                       — Judge R. Schintgen as President of the Second Chamber,
Taking of the oath by a new Member of the Court of                     — Judge J.C. Moitinho de Almeida as President of the Third
                             Justice                                        and Sixth Chambers,
                                                                       — Judge D.A.O. Edward as President of the Fourth and Fifth
                        (1999/C 333/02)                                     Chambers.
Following her appointment as Judge of the Court of Justice of
the European Communities by Decision of the Representatives
of the Governments of the Member States of 15 September
1999 (1), with effect from the taking of the until 6 October
2003, Mrs Fidelma Macken took the oath before the Court on             Composition of the Chambers
5 October 1999.
                                                                       1.     The composition of the Chambers for the same period
(1) OJ 1999 L 248, p. 32.                                              has been determined as follows:
                                                                       First Chamber
                                                                       Mr Sevón, President of the Chamber,
                                                                       Messrs Jann and Wathelet, Judges.
Decisions adopted by the Court at its general meeting on
                        6 October 1999
                                                                       Second Chamber
                        (1999/C 333/03)
                                                                       Mr Schintgen, President of the Chamber,
The Court of Justice of the European Communities adopted
the following decisions at its meeting of 6 October 1999:              Messrs Hirsch and Skouris, Judges.
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Third Chamber                                                            — the Judge-Rapporteur,
Mr Moitinho de Almeida, President of the Chamber,                        — 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.
Mr Gulmann, Mr Puissochet and Mrs Macken, Judges.
Fourth Chamber                                                           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
Mr Edward, President of the Chamber,                                     shall be replaced preferably by the President of the small
                                                                         Chamber.
Messrs Kapteyn and Ragnemalm, Judges.
                                                                         If the Court, or a Chamber, considers that a number of cases
Fifth Chamber                                                            should be heard and determined together (whether or not they
                                                                         are formally joined) the composition of the bench shall be that
Mr Edward, President of the Chamber,                                     determined for the first of the cases discussed at a general
                                                                         meeting.
Messrs Sevón, Kapteyn, Jann, Ragnemalm and Wathelet,
Judges.                                                                  4.      For the period ending on 6 October 2000 the lists
                                                                         referred to above are as follows:
Sixth Chamber
                                                                         Third Chamber
Mr Moitinho de Almeida, President of the Chamber,
                                                                         (President: Mr Moitinho de Almeida)
Messrs Schintgen, Gulmann, Puissochet, Hirsch and Skouris
and Mrs Macken, Judges.
                                                                         Messrs Gulmann, Puissochet and Mrs Macken, Judges.
2.     For each case assigned to it, the Third Chamber (to which
four Judges are attached) shall be composed of the President             Fifth Chamber
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             (President: Mr Edward)
point on that list shall be moved down one name.
                                                                         Messrs Kapteyn, Ragnemalm, Jann, Sevón and Wathelet,
3.     For the purposes of determining the five Judges who are           Judges.
to sit in each case assigned to a large Chamber, namely the
Fifth Chamber and the Sixth Chamber, lists shall be drawn up             Sixth Chamber
for the judicial year.
                                                                         (President: Mr Moitinho de Almeida)
The list for the Fifth Chamber (to which at present six Judges
are attached) shall comprise all the Judges of the Chamber,
except the President, in the following order:                            Messrs C. Gulmann, Puissochet, Mrs Macken, Messrs G. Hirsch,
                                                                         Schintgen and Skouris, Judges.
(a) first, the Judges of the Fourth Chamber, in order of
     seniority;
                                                                         5.      Cases already examined in a general meeting before
(b) secondly, the Judges of the First Chamber, in the same               6 October 1999:
     order.
                                                                         — where the Judge-Rapporteur is no longer a member of the
The list for the Sixth Chamber (to which seven Judges are                     bench of Judges to which the case was assigned and the
attached) shall comprise all the Judges of the Chamber, except                hearing has not yet taken place or, where there is to be no
the President, in the following order:                                        hearing, the Advocate General’s Opinion has not yet been
                                                                              delivered, the case shall be reassigned to the equivalent
(a) first, the Judges of the Third Chamber, in order of seniority;            bench of which the Judge-Rapporteur is now a member;
(b) secondly, the Judges of the Second Chamber, in the same              — where the Judge-Rapporteur continues to be a member of
     order.                                                                   the bench of Judges concerned, the case shall remain
                                                                              assigned to that bench in its new composition.
For each case the large Chamber shall be composed of:
— the President,