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Document 11997E221

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version)
    Part Five: Institutions of the Community
    Title I: Provisions governing the institutions
    Chapter 1: The institutions
    Section 4: The Court of Justice
    Article 221
    Article 165 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
    Article 165 - EEC Treaty

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_1997/art_221/oj

    11997E221

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) - Part Five: Institutions of the Community - Title I: Provisions governing the institutions - Chapter 1: The institutions - Section 4: The Court of Justice - Article 221 - Article 165 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) - Article 165 - EEC Treaty

    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0269 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0060 - Consolidated version
    (EEC Treaty - no official publication available)


    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version)

    Article 221

    The Court of Justice shall consist of 15 Judges.

    The Court of Justice shall sit in plenary session. It may, however, form chambers, each consisting of three, five or seven Judges, either to undertake certain preparatory inquiries or to adjudicate on particular categories of cases in accordance with rules laid down for these purposes.

    The Court of Justice shall sit in plenary session when a Member State or a Community institution that is a party to the proceedings so requests.

    Should the Court of Justice so request, the Council may, acting unanimously, increase the number of Judges and make the necessary adjustments to the second and third paragraphs of this Article and to the second paragraph of Article 223.

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