Rules of procedure of the General Court (32015Q0423(01))
Rules of procedure of the General Court
- RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL COURT
- RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL COURT
- INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
- Article 1
- Definitions
- Article 2
- Purport of these Rules
- TITLE I
- ORGANISATION OF THE GENERAL COURT
- Chapter 1
- MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COURT
- Article 3
- Duties of Judge and Advocate General
- Article 4
- Commencement of the term of office of Judges
- Article 5
- Taking of the oath
- Article 6
- Solemn undertaking
- Article 7
- Depriving a Judge of his office
- Article 8
- Order of seniority
- Chapter 2
- PRESIDENCY OF THE GENERAL COURT
- Article 9
- Election of the President and of the Vice-President of the General Court
- Article 10
- Responsibilities of the President of the General Court
- Article 11
- Responsibilities of the Vice-President of the General Court
- Article 12
- Where the President and Vice-President of the General Court are prevented from acting
- Chapter 3
- CHAMBERS AND FORMATIONS OF THE COURT
- Section 1
- Constitution of the Chambers and composition of the formations of the Court
- Article 13
- Constitution of Chambers
- Article 14
- Competent formation of the Court
- Article 15
- Composition of the Grand Chamber
- Article 16
- Withdrawal and excusing of a Judge
- Article 17
- Where a member of the formation of the Court is prevented from acting
- Section 2
- Presidents of Chambers
- Article 18
- Election of Presidents of Chambers
- Article 19
- Powers of the President of a Chamber
- Article 20
- Where the President of a Chamber is prevented from acting
- Section 3
- Deliberations
- Article 21
- Procedures concerning deliberations
- Article 22
- Number of Judges taking part in the deliberations
- Article 23
- Quorum of the Grand Chamber
- Article 24
- Quorum of the Chambers sitting with three or with five Judges
- Chapter 4
- ASSIGNMENT AND REASSIGNMENT OF CASES, DESIGNATION OF JUDGE-RAPPORTEURS, REFERRAL TO FORMATIONS OF THE COURT AND DELEGATION TO A SINGLE JUDGE
- Article 25
- Assignment criteria
- Article 26
- First assignment of a case and designation of the Judge-Rapporteur
- Article 27
- Designation of a new Judge-Rapporteur and reassignment of a case
- Article 28
- Referral to a Chamber sitting with a different number of Judges
- Article 29
- Delegation to a single Judge
- Chapter 5
- DESIGNATION OF ADVOCATES GENERAL
- Article 30
- Circumstances in which an Advocate General may be designated
- Article 31
- Procedures concerning the designation of an Advocate General
- Chapter 6
- REGISTRY
- Section 1
- The Registrar
- Article 32
- Appointment of the Registrar
- Article 33
- Deputy Registrar
- Article 34
- Where the Registrar and Deputy Registrar are prevented from acting
- Article 35
- Responsibilities of the Registrar
- Article 36
- Keeping of the register
- Article 37
- Consultation of the register
- Article 38
- Access to the file in the case
- Section 2
- Other departments
- Article 39
- Officials and other servants
- Chapter 7
- THE WORKING OF THE GENERAL COURT
- Article 40
- Location of the sittings of the General Court
- Article 41
- Calendar of the General Court's judicial business
- Article 42
- Plenum
- Article 43
- Drawing-up of minutes
- TITLE II
- LANGUAGES
- Article 44
- Language of a case
- Article 45
- Determination of the language of a case
- Article 46
- Use of the language of the case
- Article 47
- Responsibility of the Registrar concerning language arrangements
- Article 48
- Languages of the publications of the General Court
- Article 49
- Authentic texts
- TITLE III
- DIRECT ACTIONS
- Article 50
- Scope
- Chapter 1
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 1
- Representation of the parties
- Article 51
- Obligation to be represented
- Section 2
- Rights and obligations of parties' representatives
- Article 52
- Privileges, immunities and facilities
- Article 53
- Status of the parties' representatives
- Article 54
- Waiver of immunity
- Article 55
- Exclusion from the proceedings
- Article 56
- University teachers
- Section 3
- Service
- Article 57
- Methods of service
- Section 4
- Time limits
- Article 58
- Calculation of time limits
- Article 59
- Proceedings against a measure adopted by an institution and published in the
- Official Journal of the European Union
- Article 60
- Extension on account of distance
- Article 61
- Setting and extension of time limits
- Article 62
- Procedural documents lodged out of time
- Section 5
- Conduct of the proceedings and procedures for dealing with cases
- Article 63
- Conduct of the proceedings
- Article 64
- Adversarial nature of the proceedings
- Article 65
- Service of procedural documents and of decisions taken in the course of proceedings
- Article 66
- Anonymity and omission of certain information vis-à-vis the public
- Article 67
- Order in which cases are dealt with
- Article 68
- Joinder
- Article 69
- Circumstances in which proceedings may be stayed
- Article 70
- Decisions to stay and to resume proceedings
- Article 71
- Length and effects of a stay
- Chapter 2
- PROCEDURAL DOCUMENTS
- Article 72
- Common rules for the lodging of procedural documents
- Article 73
- Lodging at the Registry of a procedural document in paper form
- Article 74
- Electronic lodgement
- Article 75
- Length of written pleadings
- Chapter 3
- WRITTEN PART OF THE PROCEDURE
- Article 76
- Content of the application
- Article 77
- Information relating to service
- Article 78
- Annexes to the application
- Article 79
- Notice in the
- Official Journal of the European Union
- Article 80
- Service of the application
- Article 81
- Defence
- Article 82
- Transmission of documents
- Article 83
- Reply and rejoinder
- Chapter 4
- PLEAS IN LAW, EVIDENCE AND MODIFICATION OF THE APPLICATION
- Article 84
- New pleas in law
- Article 85
- Evidence produced or offered
- Article 86
- Modification of the application
- Chapter 5
- THE PRELIMINARY REPORT
- Article 87
- Preliminary report
- Chapter 6
- MEASURES OF ORGANISATION OF PROCEDURE AND MEASURES OF INQUIRY
- Article 88
- General
- Section 1
- Measures of organisation of procedure
- Article 89
- Purpose
- Article 90
- Procedure
- Section 2
- Measures of inquiry
- Article 91
- Purpose
- Article 92
- Procedure
- Article 93
- Summoning of witnesses
- Article 94
- Examination of witnesses
- Article 95
- Duties of witnesses
- Article 96
- Expert's report
- Article 97
- Witnesses' and experts' oath
- Article 98
- Perjury by witnesses or experts
- Article 99
- Objection to a witness or expert
- Article 100
- Witnesses' and experts' costs
- Article 101
- Letters rogatory
- Article 102
- Minutes of inquiry hearings
- Section 3
- Treatment of confidential information, items and documents produced in the context of measures of inquiry
- Article 103
- Treatment of confidential information and material
- Article 104
- Documents to which access has been denied by an institution
- Chapter 7
- INFORMATION OR MATERIAL PERTAINING TO THE SECURITY OF THE UNION OR THAT OF ONE OR MORE OF ITS MEMBER STATES OR TO THE CONDUCT OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Article 105
- Treatment of information or material pertaining to the security of the Union or that of one or more of its Member States or to the conduct of their international relations
- Chapter 8
- ORAL PART OF THE PROCEDURE
- Article 106
- Oral part of the procedure
- Article 107
- Date of the hearing
- Article 108
- Absence of the parties from the hearing
- Article 109
- Cases heard
- in camera
- Article 110
- Conduct of the hearing
- Article 111
- Close of the oral part of the procedure
- Article 112
- Delivery of the Opinion of the Advocate General
- Article 113
- Reopening of the oral part of the procedure
- Article 114
- Minutes of the hearing
- Article 115
- Recording of the hearing
- Chapter 9
- JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS
- Article 116
- Date of delivery of a judgment
- Article 117
- Content of a judgment
- Article 118
- Delivery and service of the judgment
- Article 119
- Content of an order
- Article 120
- Signature and service of the order
- Article 121
- Binding nature of judgments and orders
- Article 122
- Publication in the
- Official Journal of the European Union
- Chapter 10
- JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT
- Article 123
- Judgments by default
- Chapter 11
- AMICABLE SETTLEMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE
- Article 124
- Amicable settlement
- Article 125
- Discontinuance
- Chapter 12
- ACTIONS AND ISSUES DETERMINED BY ORDER
- Article 126
- Action manifestly bound to fail
- Article 127
- Referral of a case to the Court of Justice or to the Civil Service Tribunal
- Article 128
- Declining of jurisdiction
- Article 129
- Absolute bar to proceeding with a case
- Article 130
- Preliminary objections and issues
- Article 131
- Cases that, of the General Court's own motion, do not proceed to judgment
- Article 132
- Actions that are manifestly well founded
- Chapter 13
- COSTS
- Article 133
- Decision as to costs
- Article 134
- General rules as to allocation of costs
- Article 135
- Equity and unreasonable or vexatious costs
- Article 136
- Costs in the event of discontinuance or withdrawal
- Article 137
- Costs where a case does not proceed to judgment
- Article 138
- Costs of interveners
- Article 139
- Costs of proceedings
- Article 140
- Recoverable costs
- Article 141
- Procedure for payment
- Chapter 14
- INTERVENTION
- Article 142
- Object and effects of the intervention
- Article 143
- Application to intervene
- Article 144
- Decision on applications to intervene
- Article 145
- Submission of statements
- Chapter 15
- LEGAL AID
- Article 146
- General
- Article 147
- Application for legal aid
- Article 148
- Decision on the application for legal aid
- Article 149
- Advances and responsibility for costs
- Article 150
- Withdrawal of legal aid
- Chapter 16
- URGENT PROCEDURES
- Section 1
- Expedited procedure
- Article 151
- Decision relating to the expedited procedure
- Article 152
- Request for an expedited procedure
- Article 153
- Priority treatment
- Article 154
- Written part of the procedure
- Article 155
- Oral part of the procedure
- Section 2
- Suspension of operation or enforcement and other interim measures
- Article 156
- Application for suspension or other interim measures
- Article 157
- Procedure
- Article 158
- Decision on the application
- Article 159
- Change in circumstances
- Article 160
- New application
- Article 161
- Applications pursuant to Articles 280 TFEU, 299 TFEU and 164 TEAEC
- Chapter 17
- APPLICATIONS RELATING TO JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS
- Article 162
- Assignment of the application
- Article 163
- Stay of proceedings
- Article 164
- Rectification of judgments and orders
- Article 165
- Failure to adjudicate
- Article 166
- Application to set aside a judgment by default
- Article 167
- Third-party proceedings
- Article 168
- Interpretation of judgments and orders
- Article 169
- Revision
- Article 170
- Dispute concerning the costs to be recovered
- TITLE IV
- PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- Article 171
- Scope
- Chapter 1
- THE PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDINGS
- Article 172
- Defendant
- Article 173
- Status before the General Court of the other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
- Article 174
- Replacement of a party
- Article 175
- Application for replacement of a party
- Article 176
- Decision on the application for replacement of a party
- Chapter 2
- THE APPLICATION AND RESPONSES
- Article 177
- Application
- Article 178
- Service of the application
- Article 179
- Parties authorised to lodge a response
- Article 180
- Response
- Article 181
- Close of the written part of the procedure
- Chapter 3
- CROSS-CLAIMS
- Article 182
- Cross-claim
- Article 183
- Content of the cross-claim
- Article 184
- Form of order sought, pleas in law and arguments contained in the cross-claim
- Article 185
- Response to the cross-claim
- Article 186
- Close of the written part of the procedure
- Article 187
- Relationship between the main action and the cross-claim
- Chapter 4
- OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROCEDURE
- Article 188
- Subject-matter of the proceedings before the General Court
- Article 189
- Length of written pleadings
- Article 190
- Provisions relating to costs
- Article 191
- Other provisions applicable
- TITLE V
- APPEALS AGAINST DECISIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL
- Article 192
- Scope
- Chapter 1
- THE APPEAL
- Article 193
- Lodging of the appeal
- Article 194
- Content of the appeal
- Article 195
- Form of order sought, pleas in law and arguments contained in the appeal
- Article 196
- Form of order sought in the event that the appeal is allowed
- Chapter 2
- THE RESPONSE, THE REPLY AND THE REJOINDER
- Article 197
- Service of the appeal
- Article 198
- Parties authorised to lodge a response
- Article 199
- Content of the response
- Article 200
- Form of order sought in the response
- Article 201
- Reply and rejoinder
- Chapter 3
- THE CROSS-APPEAL
- Article 202
- Cross-appeal
- Article 203
- Content of the cross-appeal
- Article 204
- Form of order sought, pleas in law and arguments contained in the cross-appeal
- Chapter 4
- PLEADINGS CONSEQUENT ON THE CROSS-APPEAL
- Article 205
- Response to the cross-appeal
- Article 206
- Reply and rejoinder following a cross-appeal
- Chapter 5
- THE ORAL PART OF THE PROCEDURE
- Article 207
- Oral part of the procedure
- Chapter 6
- APPEALS DETERMINED BY ORDER
- Article 208
- Manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded appeal or cross-appeal
- Article 209
- Manifestly well-founded appeal or cross-appeal
- Chapter 7
- EFFECT ON A CROSS-APPEAL OF THE REMOVAL OF THE APPEAL FROM THE REGISTER
- Article 210
- Effect on a cross-appeal of the discontinuance or manifest inadmissibility of the appeal
- Chapter 8
- COSTS IN APPEALS
- Article 211
- Provisions relating to costs in appeals
- Chapter 9
- OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO APPEALS
- Article 212
- Length of written pleadings
- Article 213
- Other provisions applicable to appeals
- Chapter 10
- APPEALS AGAINST DECISIONS DISMISSING AN APPLICATION TO INTERVENE AND AGAINST DECISIONS ON INTERIM MEASURES
- Article 214
- Appeals against decisions dismissing an application to intervene and against decisions on interim measures
- TITLE VI
- PROCEDURES AFTER A CASE IS REFERRED BACK TO THE GENERAL COURT
- Chapter 1
- DECISIONS OF THE GENERAL COURT GIVEN AFTER ITS DECISION HAS BEEN SET ASIDE AND THE CASE REFERRED BACK TO IT
- Article 215
- Setting aside and referral back by the Court of Justice
- Article 216
- Assignment of the case
- Article 217
- Conduct of the proceedings
- Article 218
- Rules applicable to the procedure
- Article 219
- Costs
- Chapter 2
- DECISIONS OF THE GENERAL COURT GIVEN AFTER ITS DECISION HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND THE CASE REFERRED BACK TO IT
- Article 220
- Review and referral back by the Court of Justice
- Article 221
- Assignment of the case
- Article 222
- Conduct of the proceedings
- Article 223
- Costs
- FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 224
- Implementing rules
- Article 225
- Enforcement
- Article 226
- Repeal
- Article 227
- Publication and entry into force of these Rules
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