Decision proposing the appointment of Luigi Berlinguer to the panel set up under Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

PURPOSE: to appoint members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2014/76/EU appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

CONTENT: a panel was set up pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in order to give an opinion on candidates’ suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and the General Court before the Governments of the Member States make the appointments.

The panel is to comprise seven persons chosen from among former members of the Court of Justice and the General Court, members of national supreme courts and lawyers of recognised competence, one of whom is to be proposed by the European Parliament.

Under this Decision and for a period of four years from 1 March 2014, the following shall be appointed members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union:

• Mr Jean-Marc SAUVÉ, President
• Mr Luigi BERLINGUER
• Ms Pauliine KOSKELO
• Lord MANCE
• Mr Péter PACZOLAY
• Mr Christiaan TIMMERMANS
• Mr Andreas VOSSKUHLE

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 01.03.2014.