2004/406/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 19 April 2004 amending Article 35(1) and (2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities

Council Decision
of 19 April 2004
amending Article 35(1) and (2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities
(2004/406/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Article 64 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice,
In accordance with the procedure referred to in the second paragraph of Article 245 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the second paragraph of Article 160 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to the request of the Court of Justice of 3 December 2003,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament of 30 March 2004,
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission of 1 March 2004,
Whereas:
(1) With the entry into force of the Treaty concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union(1), the new official languages, namely Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovene should be added to the list of languages of the case in Article 35(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.
(2) As a result of the new allocation of jurisdiction in respect of direct actions between the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance made by the Treaty of Nice, it is appropriate to lay down a rule for the determination of the language of the case before the Court of First Instance where the applicant is an institution,