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 Unionnt Court