AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE

THE COURT OF JUSTICE,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the sixth paragraph of Article 253 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a(1) thereof,

Having regard to Article 63 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union,

Whereas certain provisions of the Rules of Procedure should be amended to allow the lodging and service of procedural documents by electronic means, without the need for those procedural steps to be confirmed by post or by the physical delivery of such documents,

With the Council‘檚 approval given on 13 May 2011;

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE:

Article 1

The Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice of 19 June 1991, (1) last amended on 23 March 2010, (2) are hereby amended as follows:

Article 2

These amendments to the Rules of Procedure, which are authentic in the languages referred to in Article 29(1) of these Rules, shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and shall enter into force on the first day of the month following that of their publication.

(1) OJ L 176, 4.7.1991, p. 7, with corrigendum OJ L 383, 29.12.1992, p. 117.

(2) OJ L 92, 13.4.2010, p. 12.