Article 4

Judges’ term of office

Agreement On A Unified Patent Court

Annex I – Statute of the Unified Patent Court

Chapter 1 – Judges

Article 4 – Judges’ term of office
  1. Judges shall be appointed for a term of six years, beginning on the date laid down in the instrument of appointment. They may be re-appointed.
  2. In the absence of any provision regarding the date, the term shall begin on the date of the instrument of appointment.

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