Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States

of 6 April 2006

appointing Judges and Advocates-General to the Court of Justice of the European Communities

(2006/281/EC, Euratom)

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 223 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 139 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The terms of office of Messrs Peter JANN, Christiaan TIMMERMANS, Konrad SCHIEMANN, Jiří MALENOVSKÝ, Jean-Pierre PUISSOCHET, Ms Ninon COLNERIC and Messrs Stig VON BAHR, Antonio TIZZANO, José Narciso DA CUNHA RODRIGUES, Pranas KŪRIS, George ARESTIS, Anthony BORG BARTHET, Egils LEVITS, Judges, and those of Ms Christine STIX-HACKL and Messrs Philippe LÉGER, Leendert GEELHOED and Paolo MENGOZZI, Advocates-General to the Court of Justice of the European Communities, expire on 6 October 2006.

(2) A partial replacement of the members of the Court of Justice of the European Communities should take place for the period from 7 October 2006 to 6 October 2012. However, in the absence of a proposal, the appointment of one judge cannot take place until a later date,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The following are hereby appointed Judges of the Court of Justice of the European Communities for the period from 7 October 2006 to 6 October 2012:

Mr George ARESTIS

Mr Jean-Claude BONICHOT

Mr Anthony BORG BARTHET

Mr José Narciso DA CUNHA RODRIGUES

Mr Peter JANN

Mr Pranas KŪRIS

Mr Egils LEVITS

Ms Pernilla LINDH

Mr Jiří MALENOVSKÝ

Mr Christiaan TIMMERMANS

Mr Antonio TIZZANO

Mr Konrad SCHIEMANN.

2. The following are hereby appointed Advocates-General of the Court of Justice of the European Communities for the period from 7 October 2006 to 6 October 2012:

Mr Yves BOT

Mr Ján MAZÁK

Mr Paolo MENGOZZI

Ms Verica TRSTENJAK.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 6 April 2006.

The President

G. Woschnagg

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