Court of First Instance: opportunity to give decisions in cases when constituted by a single Judge

OBJECTIVE: To enable the Court of First Instance to give decisions when constituted by a single judge. SUBSTANCE: Pursuant to Article 168a of the EC Treaty, the draft Decision aims to amend Decision 88/591/ECSC, EEC and EURATOM establishing the Court of First Instance, to enable the Court to give decisions when constituted by a single judge. The proposal is intended to enable the Court to deal with the litigation resulting from application of Regulation 40/94/EC of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark. This litigation is likely to assume substantial proportions and the proposal is therefore a matter of some urgency.. �