TITLE II

ORGANIZATION

Article 9

The Judges, the Advocates General and the Registrar shall be required to reside at the place  where the Court has its seat.

Article 10 ( * )

( * ) See note on p.129.

The Court shall be assisted by two Advocates General and a Registrar.

Advocates General

Article 11

It shall be the duty of the Advocate General, acting with complete impartiality and  independence, to make, in open court, oral and reasoned submissions on cases brought before  the Court, in order to assist the Court in the performance of the task assigned to it in Article  31 of this Treaty.

Article 12 ( * )

( * ) See note on p.129.

The Advocates General shall be appointed for a term of six years in the same manner as the  Judges. Every three years there shall be a partial replacement. The Advocate General whose  term of office is to expire at the end of the first three years shall be chosen by lot. The  provisions of the third and fourth paragraphs of Article 32 .of this Treaty ( ** ) and the  provisions of Article 6 of this Statute shall apply to the Advocates General.

( ** ) EDITORIAL NOTE:

Since the new version of Article 32 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel  Community this reference is no longer accurate; see Articles 32a and 32b of this Treaty.

Article 13

The provisions of Articles 2 to 5 and of Article 8 shall apply to the Advocates General.

An Advocate General may be deprived of his office only if he no longer fulfils the requisite  conditions. The decision shall be taken by the Council, acting unanimously, after the Court  has delivered its opinion.

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