Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union

of 23 June 2010

appointing Judges to the General Court

(2010/362/EU)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 19 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 254 and 255 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The terms of office of the following Judges at the General Court are due to expire on 31 August 2010: Josef AZIZI, Valeriu CIUC?, Ottó CZ?CZ, Franklin DEHOUSSE, Sten FRIMODT NIELSEN, Marc JAEGER, Küllike J?RIM?E, Heikki KANNINEN, Eugénia MARTINS DE NAZAR? RIBEIRO, Arjen W. H. MEIJ, Savvas S. PAPASAVVAS, Juraj SCHWARCZ, Mihalis VILARAS and Irena WISZNIEWSKA-BIA?ECKA.

(2) The Governments of the Member States have proposed to reappoint as Judges at the General Court Josef AZIZI, Ottó CZ?CZ, Franklin DEHOUSSE, Sten FRIMODT NIELSEN, Marc JAEGER, Küllike J?RIM?E, Heikki KANNINEN, Mme Eugénia MARTINS DE NAZAR? RIBEIRO, Savvas S. PAPASAVVAS, Juraj SCHWARCZ and Irena WISZNIEWSKA-BIA?ECKA. The panel set up by Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union has given an opinion on the suitability of the aforementioned eleven judges to perform the duties of Judge of the General Court of the European Union. Afterwards, the application of Mr Ottó CZ?CZ has been withdrawn.

(3) Ten members of the General Court should therefore be appointed for the period from 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2016; judges for the four vacancies still to be filled will be appointed at a later date.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed Judges at the General Court from 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2016:

Mr Josef AZIZI

Mr Franklin DEHOUSSE

Mr Sten FRIMODT NIELSEN

Mr Marc JAEGER

Ms Küllike J?RIM?E

Mr Heikki KANNINEN

Ms Eugénia MARTINS DE NAZAR? RIBEIRO

Mr Savvas S. PAPASAVVAS

Mr Juraj SCHWARCZ

Ms Irena WISZNIEWSKA-BIA?ECKA

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 23 June 2010.

The President

C. Bastarreche Sagüés

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