# Council Decision of 24 October 1988 establishing a Court of First Instance of the European Communities (88/591/ECSC, EEC, Euratom), Article 11

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The first President of the Court of First Instance shall be appointed for three years in the same manner as its members. However, the Governments of the Member States may, by common accord, decide that the procedure laid down in Article 2 (2) shall be applied.
The Court of First Instance shall adopt its Rules of Procedure immediately upon its constitution.
Until the entry into force of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice shall apply mutatis mutandis.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1988/591/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1988-591/article-11
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