Assigning of Judges to Chambers

(2008/C 197/29)

On 19 and 25 September 2007 the Court of First Instance decided to establish eight Chambers of five Judges and eight Chambers of three Judges for the period from 25 September 2007 to 31 August 2010.

On 8 July 2008 the Court of First Instance decided to change the assignment of the Judges for the period from 1 October 2008 to 31 August 2010 as follows:

First Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

Ms Tiili, President of the Chamber, Mr Dehousse, Ms Wiszniewska-Białecka, Ms Jürimäe and Mr Soldevila Fragoso, Judges.

First Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Ms Tiili, President of the Chamber;

Mr Dehousse, Judge;

Ms Wiszniewska-Białecka, Judge.

Second Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

Ms Pelikánová, President of the Chamber, Mr Dehousse, Ms Wiszniewska-Białecka, Ms Jürimäe and Mr Soldevila Fragoso, Judges.

Second Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Ms Pelikánová, President of the Chamber;

Ms Jürimäe, Judge;

Mr Soldevila Fragoso, Judge.

Third Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

Mr Azizi, President of the Chamber, Mr Cooke, Ms Cremona, Ms Labucka and Mr Frimodt Nielsen, Judges.

Third Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Azizi, President of the Chamber;

Ms Cremona, Judge;

Mr Frimodt Nielsen, Judge.

Fourth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

Mr Czúcz, President of the Chamber, Mr Cooke, Ms Cremona, Ms Labucka and Mr Frimodt Nielsen, Judges.

Fourth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Czúcz, President of the Chamber;

Mr Cooke, Judge;

Ms Labucka, Judge.

Fifth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

Mr Vilaras, President of the Chamber, Mr Šváby, Mr Prek, Mr Moavero Milanesi and Mr Ciucă, Judges.

Fifth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Vilaras, President of the Chamber;

Mr Prek, Judge;

Mr Ciucă, Judge.

Sixth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

Mr Meij, President of the Chamber, Mr Vadapalas, Mr Papasavvas, Mr Wahl, Mr Tchipev, Mr Dittrich and Mr Truchot, Judges.

Sixth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Meij, President of the Chamber;

Seventh Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

Mr Forwood, President of the Chamber, Mr Šváby, Mr Moavero Milanesi, Mr Prek and Mr Ciucă, Judges.

Seventh Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Forwood, President of the Chamber;

Mr Šváby, Judge;

Mr Moavero Milanesi, Judge.

Eighth Chamber (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges:

Ms Martins Ribeiro, President of the Chamber, Mr Vadapalas, Mr Papasavvas, Mr Wahl, Mr Tchipev, Mr Dittrich and Mr Truchot, Judges.

Eighth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Ms Martins Ribeiro, President of the Chamber;

In the Sixth and Eighth Chambers (Extended Composition), sitting with five Judges, the Judges who will sit with the President of the Chamber to make up the formation of five Judges will be the three Judges of the Chamber initially hearing the case, the fourth Judge of that Chamber and one Judge of the other Chamber composed of four Judges. The latter, who will not be the President of the Chamber, will be designated for one year in turn in the order provided for by Article 6 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance.

In the Sixth and Eighth Chambers sitting with three Judges, the President of the Chamber will sit with the Judges referred to at (a), (b) or (c) above in turn, depending on the formation to which the Judge-Rapporteur belongs. For cases in which the President of the Chamber is the Judge-Rapporteur, the President of the Chamber will sit with the Judges of each of those formations alternately in accordance with the order in which the cases are registered, subject to the existence of connected cases

Appeal Chamber

On 8 July 2008 the Court of First Instance decided that, for the period from 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009, the Appeal Chamber will be composed of the President of the Court and, in rotation, two Presidents of Chambers.

The Judges who will sit with the President of the Appeal Chamber to make up the extended formation of five Judges will be the three Judges of the formation initially hearing the case and, in rotation, two Presidents of Chambers.

Criteria for the assigning of cases to the Chambers

On 8 July 2008 the Court of First Instance laid down the following criteria for the assignment of cases to the Chambers for the period from 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009, in accordance with Article 12 of the Rules of Procedure: