Amendments of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice

1 The Advocates General shall, immediately after the partial replacement provided for in the second paragraph of Article 253 TFEU, elect one of their number as First Advocate General for a term of three years.

2 If the office of the First Advocate General falls vacant before the normal date of expiry of the term thereof, he shall be replaced for the remainder of the term.

3 The elections provided for in this Article shall be by secret ballot. The Advocate General obtaining the votes of more than half of the Advocates General of the Court shall be elected. If no Advocate General obtains that majority, further ballots shall be held until that majority is attained.

4 The name of the First Advocate General elected in accordance with this Article shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.’

Where a request or an application referred to in this Chapter is, in whole or in part, manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded, the Court may, having heard the Judge-Rapporteur and the Advocate General, at any time decide to dismiss it, in whole or in part, by reasoned order.’

These amendments to the Rules of Procedure, authentic in the languages referred to in Article 36 of those 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. The amendment referred to in Article 1(2) shall apply from the next partial replacement of Judges and Advocates General, provided for in the second paragraph of Article 253 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.