CELEX: C1997/331/04
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Taking of the oath by a new Member of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities

C 331 /2               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 11 . 97
Mr Gulmann, President of the Chamber,                                 are formally joined ) the composition of the bench shall be
                                                                      that determined for the first of the cases discussed at a
Mr Moitinho de Almeida and Mr Puissochet, Judges.                     general meeting.
Fourth Chamber                                                        4. For the period ending on 6 October 1998 the lists
                                                                      referred to above are as follows :
Mr Ragnemalm, President of the Chamber,
                                                                      First Chamber
Mr Kapteyn, Mr Murray and Mr Ioannou, Judges .
                                                                      ( President: Mr Wathelet)
Fifth Chamber
Mr Gulmann, President of the Chamber,                                 Judge Edward, Judge Jann, Judge Sevón.
Mr Wathelet, Mr Moitinho de Almeida, Mr Edward, Mr                    Fourth Chamber
Puissochet, Mr Jann and Mr Sevón, Judges.
                                                                      ( President: Mr Ragnemalm)
Sixth Chamber
                                                                      Judge Kapteyn, Judge Murray, Judge Ioannou.
Mr Ragnemalm, President of the Chamber,
Mr Schintgen, Mr Mancini, Mr Kapteyn, Mr Murray, Mr                   Fifth Chamber
Hirsch and Mr Ioannou, Judges.
                                                                      ( President: Mr Gulmann )
2 . For each case assigned to them, the First Chamber and
the Fourth Chamber (to each of which four judges are                  Judge Edward, Judge Jann, Judge Sevón, Judge Wathelet,
attached ) shall be composed of the President of the                  Judge Moitinho de Almeida, Judge Puissochet.
Chamber, . the Judge-Rapporteur, and a third judge
designated in accordance with a list of the judges in order
                                                                      Sixth Chamber
of seniority. At each general meeting the starting point on
that list shall be moved down one name .
                                                                      (President: Mr Ragnemalm )
3 . For each case assigned to a large Chamber — the Fifth
Chamber and the Sixth Chamber, to each of which seven
                                                                      Judge Kapteyn, Judge Murray, Judge Ioannou, Judge
judges are attached — the five judges who are to sit shall            Mancini, Judge Hirsch, Judge Schintgen.
be determined on the basis of a list drawn up for the
judicial year comprising all the judges of the Chamber,
except the President, in the following order:                         Appointment of the First Advocate General
( a ) the judges of the small Chamber to which four judges            In accordance with Article 10 ( 1 ) of the Rules of
      are attached, in order of seniority;                            Procedure the Court of Justice appointed Advocate
                                                                      General Cosmas as First Advocate General for a period of
( b ) the judes of the other small Chamber, in the same               one year starting on 7 October 1997.
      order.
For each case the large Chamber shall be composed of:
— the President,
                                                                      Taking of the oath by a new Member of the Court of First
— the Judge-Rapporteur,                                                           Instance of the European Communities
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— three judges appointed in order from the list; the
      starting point on that list shall be moved down one
      name at each general meeting.                                   Following his appointment as Judge of the Court of First
                                                                      Instance of the European Communities by Decision of the
Any judges prevented from sitting shall be replaced in                Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
order from the list. However, should the President of the             of 29 May 1997 ( ! ), Mr Karl Jörg Pirrung took the oath
large Chamber be prevented from sitting, he must be                   before the Court on 11 June 1997.
replaced if possible by the President of the small Chamber.
                                                                       (') OJ L 145 , 5 . 6 . 1997, p. 27.
If the Court, or a Chamber, deems it appropriate to hear
and determine several cases together ( whether or not they