Article 20 Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities

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Article 20

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(Considered status of legislation: 1. April 2008)

1. The Court of First Instance shall appoint the Registrar. Two weeks before the date fixed for making the appointment, the President of the Court of First Instance shall inform the Judges of the applications which have been submitted for the post. 2. An application shall be accompanied by full details of the candidate's age, nationality, university degrees, knowledge of any languages, present and past occupations and experience, if any, in judicial and international fields. 3. The appointment shall be made following the procedure laid down in Article 7(3). 4. The Registrar shall be appointed for a term of six years. He may be reappointed. 5. Before he takes up his duties the Registrar shall take the oath before the Court of First Instance in accordance with Article 4. 6. The Registrar may be deprived of his office only if he no longer fulfils the requisite conditions or no longer meets the obligations arising from his office; the Court of First Instance shall take its decision after giving the Registrar an opportunity to make representations. 7. If the office of Registrar falls vacant before the usual date of expiry of the term thereof, the Court of First Instance shall appoint a new Registrar for a term of six years.
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