the suspension of the effects of the act which has been declared void or for the prescription of  any other interim measure.( * )

( * ) Second paragraph as amended by Article 2 of Council Decision of 8 June 1993 amending  Council Decision 88/591/ECSC, EEC, Euratom establishing a Court of First Instance of the  European Communities ( OJ L 144, 16.6.1993, p.21 ).

Decision of the Court of Appeal

Article 54

If the appeal is well founded, the Court of Justice shall quash the decision of the Court of First  Instance. It may itself give final judgment in the matter, where the state of the proceedings so  permits, or refer the case back to the Court of First Instance for judgment.

Where a case is referred back to the Court of First Instance, that Court shall be bound by the  decision of the Court of Justice on points of law.

When an appeal brought by a Member State or a Community institution, which did not  intervene in the proceedings before the Court of First Instance, is well founded the Court of  Justice may, if it considers this necessary, state which of the effects of the decision of the  Court of First Instance which has been quashed shall be considered as definitive in respect of  the parties to the litigation.

Rules of Procedure

Article 55

The Court of Justice shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. These shall require the unanimous  approval of the Council. The Rules of Procedure shall contain all the  provisions necessary for applying and, where required, supplementing this Statute.

Transitional provision

Article 56 ( * )

( * ) Former Article 45.

Immediately after the oath has been taken, the President of the Council shall proceed to  choose by lot the Judges and the Advocates General whose terms of office are to expire at the  end of the first three years in accordance with Article 32 of this Treaty.

Done at Paris this eighteenth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty one.

ADENAUER
Paul VAN ZEELAND
J. MEURICE
SCHUMAN
SFORZA
Jos. BECH
STIKKER
VAN DEN BRINK

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