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Document 11957A139

    TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE THREE - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER I: THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, SECTION IV: THE COURT OF JUSTICE, ARTICLE 139

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 30/11/2009; Uchylony przez 12007L/PRO/B/02

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    11957A139

    TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE THREE - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER I: THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, SECTION IV: THE COURT OF JUSTICE, ARTICLE 139


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    ARTICLE 139

    THE JUDGES AND ADVOCATES-GENERAL 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 . THREE AND FOUR JUDGES SHALL BE REPLACED ALTERNATELY . THE THREE JUDGES WHOSE TERMS OF OFFICE ARE TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS SHALL BE CHOSEN BY LOT .

    EVERY THREE YEARS THERE SHALL BE A PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF THE ADVOCATES-GENERAL . THE ADVOCATE-GENERAL WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE IS TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS SHALL BE CHOSEN BY LOT .

    RETIRING JUDGES AND ADVOCATES-GENERAL SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT .

    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 .

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