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Document 12002E223

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice 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 223
    Article 167 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
    Article 167 - EEC Treaty

    OJ C 325, 24.12.2002, p. 123–123 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_2002/art_223/oj

    12002E223

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice 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 223 - Article 167 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) - Article 167 - EEC Treaty

    Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0123 - 0123
    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0270 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0060 - Consolidated version
    (EEC Treaty - no official publication available)


    Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice 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 223

    Article 167 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

    Article 167 - EEC Treaty

    Article 223

    The Judges and Advocates-General of the Court of Justice shall be chosen from persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who possess the qualifications required for appointment to the highest judicial offices in their respective countries or who are jurisconsults of recognised competence; they shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of the Member States for a term of six years.

    Every three years there shall be a partial replacement of the Judges and Advocates-General, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Statute of the Court of Justice.

    The Judges shall elect the President of the Court of Justice from among their number for a term of three years. He may be re-elected.

    Retiring Judges and Advocates-General may be reappointed.

    The Court of Justice shall appoint its Registrar and lay down the rules governing his service.

    The Court of Justice shall establish its Rules of Procedure. Those Rules shall require the approval of the Council, acting by a qualified majority.

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