Court of First Instance, Art. 136a of Rules of Procedure: arrangements applicable to appeals against decisions of the EU Civil Service Tribunal

PURPOSE: to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities as regards the language arrangements applicable to appeals against decisions of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal.

PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the Council.

CONTENT: the purpose of the amendment is to adapt the language arrangements applicable to appeals against decisions of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal. It is stipulated that the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance should specify the language of the case in an appeal against a decision of the Civil Service Tribunal, as referred to in Articles 9 and 10 of Annex I to the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice.

The purpose of the proposed amendment is to adapt and clarify the provision relating to the election of the President of the Court of First Instance set out in Article 7(3) of the Rules of Procedure.