Statute of the Unified Patent Court

ARTICLE 1 - Scope of the Statute

CHAPTER I - JUDGES

ARTICLE 2 - Eligibility of judges

ARTICLE 3 - Appointment of judges

ARTICLE 4 - Judges' term of office

ARTICLE 5 - Appointment of the members of the Advisory Committee

ARTICLE 6 - Oath

ARTICLE 7 - Impartiality

ARTICLE 8 - Immunity of judges

ARTICLE 9 - End of duties

ARTICLE 10 - Removal from office

ARTICLE 11 - Training

ARTICLE 12 - Remuneration

CHAPTER II – ORGANISATIONAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1 – COMMON PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 13 - President of the Court of Appeal

ARTICLE 14 - President of the Court of First Instance

ARTICLE 15 - Presidium

ARTICLE 16 - Staff

ARTICLE 17 - Judicial vacations

SECTION 2 - THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

ARTICLE 18 - Setting up and discontinuance of a local or regional division

ARTICLE 19 - Panels

ARTICLE 20 - Pool of Judges

SECTION 3 – THE COURT OF APPEAL

ARTICLE 21 - Panels

SECTION 4 – THE REGISTRY

ARTICLE 22 - Appointment and removal from office of the Registrar

ARTICLE 23 - Duties of the Registrar

ARTICLE 24 - Keeping of the register

ARTICLE 25 - Sub-registries and Deputy-Registrar

CHAPTER III – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 26 - Budget

ARTICLE 27 - Authorisation for expenditure

ARTICLE 28 - Appropriations for unforeseeable expenditure

ARTICLE 29 - Accounting period

ARTICLE 30 - Preparation of the budget

ARTICLE 31 - Provisional budget

ARTICLE 32 - Auditing of accounts

ARTICLE 33 - Financial Regulations

CHAPTER IV – PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 34 - Secrecy of deliberations

ARTICLE 35 - Decisions

ARTICLE 36 - Dissenting opinions

ARTICLE 37 - Decision by default

ARTICLE 38 - Questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union