Composition of the Arbitration Committee

Article 3

Members of the Committee shall be immune from legal proceedings in respect of acts performed by them in their official capacity, including words spoken or written. After they have ceased to hold office, they shall continue to enjoy this immunity.

The Court, sitting in plenary session, may waive this immunity.

Article 4

No member of the Committee may take part in the settlement of any case in which he has previously taken part as agent or adviser or has acted for one of the parties, or on which he has been called upon to pronounce as a member of a court or of a commission of inquiry or in any other capacity.

If, for some special reason, one of the members of the Committee considers that he should not take part in the judgment or examination of a particular case, he shall so inform his Chairman. If, for some special reason, the Chairman of the Committee considers that any member should not sit in a particular case, he shall notify that member accordingly.

Any difficulty arising as to the application of this Article shall be settled by decision of the Committee.

Article 7

The Council shall, on a proposal from the Court, determine the payments to be made to members of the Committee.

Article 8

The Committee shall have its seat at the place where the Court has its seat. The arbitration board referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 10 may, by agreement with the parties, decide exceptionally to sit in any other place within the Community.

Article 9

The duties of the Registrar of the Committee shall be performed by an official of the Court whom the Court shall, by agreement with the Chairman of the Committee, appoint for this purpose. His duties shall be determined by the Committee on a proposal from the Chairman and shall be approved by the Court.