UPCA Statues of the Unified Patent Court
Contents
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 8 - Immunity of judges
Article 10 - Removal from office
Chapter II – Organisatorical Provisions
Section 1 - Common Provisions
Article 13 - President of the Court of Appeal
Article 14 - President of the Court of First Instance
Article 17 - Judicial vacations
Section 2 - The Court of First Instance
Article 18 - Setting up and discontinuance of a local or regional division
Section 2 - The Court of Appeal
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 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 36 - Dissenting opinions
Article 37 - Decision by default
Article 38 - Questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union