A number of procedural updates have been published in the Official Journal in respect of the EU General Court.
Method of designation of the Judge replacing a Judge prevented from acting (2015/C 213/02)
On 13 May 2015, the General Court, considering the forthcoming entry into force on 1 July 2015 of the Rules of Procedure of 4 March 2015, decided that, with effect from 1 July 2015, where a Judge is prevented from acting in the circumstances referred to in Article 17(2) and Article 24(2) respectively of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the General Court is to designate the Judge replacing the Judge prevented from acting following the order laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure, with the exception of the Vice-President and the Presidents of Chambers. However, in order to ensure an even spread of the workload, the President of the General Court may derogate from that order.
Having regard to any urgency and to special circumstances, the President of the General Court may designate himself to replace the Judge who is prevented from acting.
Composition of the Grand Chamber (2015/C 213/03)
On 13 May 2015, the General Court, considering the forthcoming entry into force on 1 July 2015 of the Rules of Procedure of 4 March 2015, decided that, for the period from 1 July 2015 to 31 August 2016, in accordance with Article 15(2) of the Rules of Procedure, the fifteen Judges of which the Grand Chamber is composed are to be the President of the General Court, the Vice-President, the eight Presidents of Chambers, the two Judges sitting in the formation of three Judges initially seised of the case, the two Judges who would additionally have had to sit in the case in question if it had been assigned to a Chamber of five Judges, and another Judge. The latter is to be designated according to the order laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure.
Revocation of the decision of 23 September 2013 designating the Judge replacing the President of the General Court as the Judge hearing applications for interim measures (2015/C 213/04)
On 13 May 2015, the General Court, considering the forthcoming entry into force on 1 July 2015 of the Rules of Procedure of 4 March 2015, decided, in the light of Article 157(4) of those Rules, to revoke with effect from 1 July 2015 the decision of 23 September 2013 designating Judge Forwood to replace the President of the General Court for the purpose of deciding applications for interim measures where the latter is absent or prevented from dealing with them, for the period from 23 September 2013 to 31 August 2016 (OJ 2013 C 313, p. 5).
