The proceedings before the high court shall be conducted by a panel consisting of three judges.

The Court of Justice shall form chambers consisting of three and five Judges.

(1) In the first instance, the Supreme Court shall adjudicate with a panel of three judges.

The General Court shall sit in chambers of three or five Judges.

(3) The decision on the request to repeat the procedure shall be made by the court with a panel of three judges.

To consider cases brought before it, the Court shall sit in a single-judge formation, in committees of three judges, in Chambers of seven judges and in a Grand Chamber of seventeen judges.

` 1 To consider cases brought before it, the Court shall sit in a single-judge formation, in committees of three judges, in Chambers of seven judges and in a Grand Chamber of seventeen judges.

The Administrative Court shall make decisions with a panel of three judges, unless otherwise stipulated by this Law.

Decisions of the chambers consisting of either three or five Judges shall be valid only if they are taken by three Judges.

In deciding upon appeals against decisions of high courts, the Supreme Court shall sit in a panel consisting of three judges.

"The Supreme Court shall adjudicate on appeals against resolutions passed by the Administrative Court in a panel of three judges, and on appeals against Administrative Court rulings in a panel of five judges."

Requests for protection of legality shall be decided upon by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, i.e. by a senate of three judges, within the framework of a non-public session.

For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Court” shall include committees, chambers, a panel of the Grand Chamber, the Grand Chamber and the judges.

(2) The Supreme Court shall adjudicate on appeals against decisions passed by the Administrative Court panel with a pane) of five judges, and on appeals against other Administrative Court rulings with a panel of three judges.

(2) In disputes between the Administrative Court and a court of general jurisdiction or a specialised court over jurisdiction, the decision shall be made by the Supreme Court with a panel of three judges.

If the panel decides that specific pieces of evidence be produced before the requested judge, the request to this effect shall state the description of the stage of litigation, and shall the circumstances to be paid special attention upon the production of evidence.

The court shall reach a decision within a senate of three judges.

The Court of First Instance shall sit in chambers of three or five Judges.

It may, however, form Chambers, each consisting of three or five Judges, either to undertake certain preparatory inquiries or to adjudicate on particular categories of cases in accordance with rules laid down for these purposes.

It may, however, form chambers, each consisting of three or five Judges, either to undertake certain preparatory inquiries or to adjudicate on particular categories of cases in accordance with rules laid down for these purposes.

Because of the accession of the new Member States, the Council has, by decision of 19 April 2004, amended inter alia the provision of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice concerning the number of Judges forming the Grand Chamber and the provisions of the Rules of Procedure concerning the composition of that formation of the Court must consequently be adjusted.

With the entry into force of the Treaty concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union(1), the number of Judges comprising the Court of First Instance will rise from 15 to 25, in accordance with Article 48 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice, and it is necessary in consequence to fix the number of Judges forming the Grand Chamber;

In Article 76(3), after the words "the Chamber", there shall be added the words "of three Judges".

The Presidents of Chambers of five Judges shall be elected for a term of three years.

The Presidents of Chambers of three Judges shall be elected for a defined term.

In Article 9(2) the words "of three Judges" shall be added after the word "Chambers".

In Article 25(2) the words "of five and three Judges" shall be added after the word "Chambers".

The Judges shall elect the Presidents of the Chambers of three Judges for a term of one year.

(2) As a result, it is necessary to adjust the number of Judges forming the Grand Chamber.

(a) the words "any Chamber" shall be replaced by the words "any Chamber of five or three Judges";

If the President of the Court of First Instance is assigned to a Chamber of three or of five Judges, he shall preside over that Chamber."

The Chambers of five Judges and three Judges shall, for each case, be composed of the President of the Chamber, the Judge-Rapporteur and the number of Judges required to attain the number of five and three Judges respectively.

For the composition of the Chambers of three Judges, after the election of the Presidents of those Chambers lists shall be drawn up including all the Judges attached to the Chamber concerned, with the exception of its President.

When the President of a Chamber of three Judges is prevented from attending, the functions of President of the Chamber shall be exercised by a Judge of that Chamber according to the order laid down in Article 6 of these Rules."

(b) in the second subparagraph (now the sole paragraph), the words "assigned to a Chamber" shall be replaced by the words "assigned to a Chamber of five or three Judges".

If in any Chamber of three or five Judges the number of Judges assigned to that Chamber is higher than three or five respectively, the President of the Chamber shall decide which of the Judges will be called upon to take part in the judgment of the case.

"The Court of First Instance shall set up Chambers of three and of five Judges and a Grand Chamber of 11 Judges and shall decide which Judges shall be assigned to them."

In Article 32(3), after the words "in any Chamber" there shall be added the words "composed of three or of five Judges".

Subject to the provisions of Article 14, disputes between the Communities and their servants shall be assigned to Chambers of three Judges.

"1. The Judges shall, immediately after the election of the President of the Court, elect the Presidents of the Chambers of five Judges for a term of three years.

In the first subparagraph of Article 11(1), after the words "by Chambers composed" there shall be inserted the words "of three or of five Judges".

When the President of a Chamber of five Judges is prevented from attending, the functions of President of the Chamber shall be exercised by a President of a Chamber of three Judges, where necessary according to the order laid down in Article 6 of these Rules or, if that Chamber does not include a President of a Chamber of three Judges, by one of the other Judges according to the order laid down in Article 6.

The Court of First Instance shall set up Chambers composed of three or five Judges and shall decide which Judges shall be attached to them.

If in any Chamber the quorum of three Judges has not been attained, the President of that Chamber shall so inform the President of the Court who shall designate another Judge to complete the Chamber.

"1. The Judges shall elect from amongst themselves, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7(3), the Presidents of the Chambers composed of three and of five Judges.

If in any Chamber the quorum of three Judges has not been attained, the President of that Chamber shall so inform the President of the Court of First Instance who shall designate another Judge to complete the Chamber.

"When the President of the Court and the Presidents of the Chambers of five Judges are all prevented from attending at the same time, or their posts are vacant at the same time, the functions of President shall be exercised by one of the Presidents of the Chambers of three Judges according to the order of precedence laid down in Article 6 of these Rules";

(5) Article 16 of the new Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice provides that the Judges are to elect the Presidents of the chambers from among their number and that the Presidents of the chambers of five Judges are to be elected for three years; consequential amendments must be made to the Rules of Procedure.

However, a case may not be assigned to a Chamber of five or three Judges if a Member State or an institution of the Communities, being a party to the proceedings, has requested that the case be decided by the Grand Chamber.

Where the Court of Justice sets aside a judgement delivered or an order made by a single Judge, the President of the Court of First Instance shall assign the case to a Chamber composed of three Judges of which that Judge is not a member.";