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8.5.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
121/21
DECISIONS
DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES
of 25 April 2012
appointing Judges and Advocates-General to the Court of Justice
(2012/244/EU)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 19 thereof,
1. The
following
are
hereby
appointed
Judges
to
the
Court
of
Justice for the period from 7 October 2012 to 6 October 2018:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Mr Alexander
Union, and in particular Articles 253 and 255 thereof,
ARABADJIEV
Mr George ARESTIS
Whereas:
Ms Maria BERGER
(1)
The terms of office of the following Judges of the Court
of Justice are due to expire on 6 October 2012: Messrs
Mr Jean-Claude BONICHOT
Alexander ARABADJIEV, George ARESTIS, Ms Maria
BERGER, Messrs Jean-Claude BONICHOT, Anthony BORG
Mr José Luís DA CRUZ VILAA
BARTHET, José Narciso CUNHA RODRIGUES, Carl Gustav
FERNLUND, Egidijus JARAINAS, Egils LEVITS, Jií
Mr Carl Gustav FERNLUND
MALENOVSK, Ms Alexandra PRECHAL, Messrs Konrad
Mr Egidijus JARAINAS
SCHIEMANN, Antonio TIZZANO and Thomas VON
DANWITZ; and the terms of office of the following
Mr Egils LEVITS
Advocates-General of the Court of Justice are due to
expire on the same date: Messrs Yves BOT, Ján MAZK,
Mr Jií MALENOVSK
Paolo MENGOZZI and Ms Verica TRSTENJAK.
Ms Alexandra PRECHAL
(2) The
Governments
of
the
Member
States
have
proposed
the reappointment as Judges of the Court of Justice of
Mr Thomas VON DANWITZ.
Messrs Alexander ARABADJIEV, George ARESTIS, Ms Maria
BERGER, Messrs Jean-Claude BONICHOT, Carl Gustav
2. The
following
are
hereby
appointed
Advocates-General
to
FERNLUND, Egidijus JARAINAS, Egils LEVITS, Jií
the Court of Justice for the period from 7 October 2012 to
MALENOVSK, Ms Alexandra PRECHAL and Mr Thomas
6 October 2018:
VON DANWITZ and the reappointment as an Advocate-
Mr Yves BOT
General of the Court of Justice of Yves BOT. In addition,
the Governments of the Member States have proposed
Mr Nils WAHL
the appointment of Mr José Luís DA CRUZ VILAA as a
Judge of the Court of Justice and the appointment of
Mr Melchior WATHELET.
Messrs Nils WAHL and Melchior WATHELET as
Advocates-General of the same Court. The panel set up
Article 2
by Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its
European Union has given an opinion on the suitability
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
of the aforementioned candidates to perform the duties
of Judge or Advocate-General of the Court of Justice.
(3) Eleven
Judges
and
three
Advocates-General
of
the
Court Done at Brussels, 25 April 2012.
of Justice should therefore be appointed for the period
from 7 October 2012 to 6 October 2018. The remaining
posts of three Judges and one Advocate-General of the
The President
Court of Justice will be filled at a later date,
J. TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN

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