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Document 32025D2644

Council Decision (EU) 2025/2644 of 16 December 2025 appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

ST/15907/2025/INIT

OJ L, 2025/2644, 22.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2644/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2644/oj

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2025/2644

22.12.2025

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/2644

of 16 December 2025

appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 255 thereof,

Having regard to the initiative by the President of the Court of Justice on 17 November 2025,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a panel was set up in order to give an opinion on candidates’ suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and the General Court before the Governments of the Member States make the appointments (the ‘panel’).

(2)

The panel comprises seven persons chosen from among former members of the Court of Justice and the General Court, members of national supreme courts and lawyers of recognised competence, one of whom shall be proposed by the European Parliament.

(3)

Account should be taken of a balanced membership of the panel, in particular as regards geographical coverage and as regards representation of the legal systems of the Member States.

(4)

The members of the panel and its President should therefore be appointed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For a period of four years from 1 March 2026, the following shall be appointed members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union:

 

Mr Vassilios SKOURIS, President

 

Ms Maria BERGER

 

Ms Inken GALLNER

 

Ms Barbara POŘÍZKOVÁ

 

Ms Silvana SCIARRA

 

Mr Christophe SOULARD

 

Ms Vesna TOMLJENOVIĆ

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 2026.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2025.

For the Council

The President

M. BJERRE


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2644/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)


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