Composition of the Grand Chamber and of the Intermediate Chamber

(C/2024/6452)

On 9 October 2024, the General Court adopted a decision which, in accordance with Articles 15(2) and 15a(2) of the Rules of Procedure, determines how to designate the Judges composing the Grand Chamber and the Intermediate Chamber in respect of the period from 9 October 2024 to 31 August 2025. That decision rescinds and replaces the decision of 23 September 2022 on the composition of the Grand Chamber. (1)

Grand Chamber

The fifteen Judges composing the Grand Chamber shall be determined as follows:

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in respect of direct actions which raise exclusively issues in specific matters within the meaning of Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the General Court, the Vice-President, two Presidents of Chambers designated on a rotational basis from among those presiding over Chambers responsible for hearing and determining cases on the same matter, the Judges of the three-judge chamber before which the case was initially brought and the two Judges which should have completed that three-judge chamber were the case to have been assigned to a five-judge chamber and six Judges designated on a rotational basis from among the Judges of the General Court sitting in Chambers responsible for hearing and determining cases on the same matter, with the exclusion of the Presidents of Chambers, according to, alternately, the order of precedence laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure and that order in reverse;

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in respect of other direct actions, the President of the General Court, the Vice-President, two Presidents of Chambers designated on a rotational basis, the Judges of the three-judge chamber before which the case was initially brought and the two Judges which should have completed that three-judge chamber were the case to have been assigned to a five-judge chamber, and six Judges designated on a rotational basis from among all the Judges of the General Court with the exclusion of the Presidents of Chambers, according to, alternately, the order of precedence laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure and that order in reverse;

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in respect of direct actions pending before two different Chambers which have been referred back or which may be referred back before a five-judge Chamber and which raise identical or similar issues of law, the President of the General Court, the Vice-President, three Presidents of Chambers designated on a rotational basis as a matter of priority from among those Judges presiding over Chambers responsible for hearing and determining cases on the same matter, and the Judges of the two five-judge Chambers before which the cases have been, or may be, referred back;

—	in respect of requests for a preliminary ruling, the President of the General Court, the Vice-President, three Presidents of Chambers designated on a rotational basis and the ten judges assigned to the Chamber dealing with requests for a preliminary ruling.

Intermediate Chamber

The nine Judges composing the Intermediate Chamber shall be determined as follows:

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in respect of direct actions which raise exclusively issues in specific matters within the meaning of Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure, the Vice-President of the General Court, one President of a Chamber designated on a rotational basis from among those presiding over Chambers responsible for hearing and determining cases on the same matter, the Judges of the three-judge chamber before which the case was initially brought and the two Judges which should have completed that three-judge chamber were the case to have been assigned to a five-judge chamber and two Judges designated on a rotational basis from among the Judges of the General Court sitting in the other Chambers responsible for hearing and determining cases on the same matter, with the exclusion of the Presidents of Chambers, according to, alternately, the order of precedence laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure and that order in reverse;

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in respect of other direct actions, the Vice-President of the General Court, one President of a Chamber designated on a rotational basis, the Judges of the three-judge chamber before which the case was initially brought and the two Judges which should have completed that three-judge chamber were the case to have been assigned to a five-judge chamber and two Judges designated on a rotational basis from among all the Judges of the General Court, with the exclusion of the Presidents of Chambers, according to, alternately, the order of precedence laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure and that order in reverse;

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in respect of requests for a preliminary ruling, the Vice-President of the General Court, the other Judges of the sub-formation of five Judges before which the case was initially brought and four Judges forming part of the other formation of the Chamber dealing with requests for a preliminary ruling, designated according to the rotational basis established for the composition of sub-formations.

The rotational bases referred to in the first and second indents in respect of the composition of the Intermediate Chamber are the same as those referred to in the first and second indents in respect of the composition of the Grand Chamber in cases on the same matters.

(1) OJ 2022 C 398, p. 7.