Statute of the Unified Patent Court
The complete Statute annexed to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, with detailed analysis and cross-references to UPC case law.
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ANNEX II
ANNEX I - STATUTE OF THE UNIFIED PATENT COURT
- Statute Art. 1 – Scope of the Statute
- Statute Art. 2 – Eligibility of judges
- Statute Art. 3 – Appointment of judges
- Statute Art. 4 – Judges' term of office
- Statute Art. 5 – Appointment of the members of the Advisory Committee
- Statute Art. 6 – Oath
- Statute Art. 7 – Impartiality
- Statute Art. 8 – Immunity of judges
- Statute Art. 9 – End of duties
- Statute Art. 10 – Removal from office
- Statute Art. 11 – Training
- Statute Art. 12 – Remuneration
- Statute Art. 13 – President of the Court of Appeal
- Statute Art. 14 – President of the Court of First Instance
- Statute Art. 15 – Presidium
- Statute Art. 16 – Staff
- Statute Art. 17 – Judicial vacations
- Statute Art. 18 – Setting up and discontinuance of a local or regional division
- Statute Art. 19 – Panels
- Statute Art. 20 – Pool of Judges
- Statute Art. 21 – Panels
- Statute Art. 22 – Appointment and removal from office of the Registrar
- Statute Art. 23 – Duties of the Registrar
- Statute Art. 24 – Keeping of the register
- Statute Art. 25 – Sub-registries and Deputy-Registrar
- Statute Art. 26 – Budget
- Statute Art. 27 – Authorisation for expenditure
- Statute Art. 28 – Appropriations for unforeseeable expenditure
- Statute Art. 29 – Accounting period
- Statute Art. 30 – Preparation of the budget
- Statute Art. 31 – Provisional budget
- Statute Art. 32 – Auditing of accounts
- Statute Art. 33 – Financial Regulations
- Statute Art. 34 – Secrecy of deliberations
- Statute Art. 35 – Decisions
- Statute Art. 36 – Dissenting opinions
- Statute Art. 37 – Decision by default
- Statute Art. 38 – Questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union