CELEX: E1995J0427(01)
Language: en
Date: 1995-04-27 00:00:00
Title: COMPOSITION OF THE EFTA COURT

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E1995J0427(01)

COMPOSITION OF THE EFTA COURT  

Official Journal C 106 , 27/04/1995 P. 0005 - 0005

COMPOSITION OF THE EFTA COURT (95/C 106/05)1. Composition of the CourtIn consequence of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union on 1 January 1995, Iceland and Norway on 29 December 1994 entered into an Agreement adjusting certain Agreements between the EFTA States (the Adjustment Agreement) with effect from 1 January 1995. The number of judges was reduced to three. On 18 January 1995 Judge Bjørn Haug was elected President of the continuing EFTA Court.Pursuant to the Agreement on transitional arrangements for a period after the Accession of certain EFTA States to the European Union (the 'Transitional Arrangements Agreement`) the function of the five-member EFTA Court has been extended, principally until 30 June 1995. The Transitional Arrangements Agreement entered into force on 1 March 1995. On that day Mr Gustav Bygglin was appointed Judge of the EFTA Court to succeed Mr Leif Sevón, who resigned as a Judge on 17 January 1995 to become a Judge in the Court of Justice of the European Communities, for the duration of the Transitional Arrangements Agreement and at a public sitting took the oath prescribed in Protocol 5, Article 2 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (the ESA/Court Agreement).2. Election of the President of the Court pursuant to the Transitional Arrangements AgreementOn 1 March 1995, the Judges elected Judge Bjørn Haug as President of the EFTA Court under the Transitional Arrangements Agreement and pursuant to Article 30 of the ESA/Court Agreement.3. Appointment of the Assistant RegistrarThe EFTA Court appointed Mr. Sverre Faafeng as Assistant Registrar pursuant to Article 11 of the Rules of Procedure of the EFTA Court, to succeed Mr Heikki Kanninen.