Court of Justice, Statute: amending the rules of procedure art. 29, rules governing languages

PURPOSE : to include the new official languages among the languages for proceedings laid down in the Rules of Procedure of the European Court of Justice. LEGISLATIVE ACT : Council Decision 2004/405/EC, Euratom amending Article 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. CONTENT : On 1 May 2004, the Treaty concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union entered into force. This Decision provides that the new official languages, namely Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovene, must be added to the list of languages of the case provided for in Article 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. DATE OF EFFECT : 01/05/04.�