
Article 1 
The operating rules of the committee provided for in Article 3(3) of Annex I to the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice are set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 18 January 2005.
For the Council
The President
J.-C. JUNCKER
ANNEX
1. The committee shall be composed of seven persons chosen from among former members of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance and lawyers of recognised competence.

2. Those persons shall be appointed for a period of four years. At the end of that period they may be reappointed.

3. The committee shall be presided over by one of its members, nominated for that purpose by the Council.

4. The General Secretariat of the Council shall be responsible for the committee’s secretariat. It shall provide the administrative support necessary for the working of the committee, including the translation of documents.

5. 
The committee shall adopt decisions by simple majority. If votes are tied, the president’s shall be the casting vote.

6. 
The corresponding expenditure shall be borne by the Council.
