The Members of the Court of First Instance shall be chosen from per sons whose independence is beyond doubt and who possess lhe ability re quired for appointment to judicial office: they shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of the Member States for a term ol' six years.
Roghnófar comhaltaí na Cúirte Céadchéime as mease daoine nach bhfuil a neamhspleáchas inchurtha ín amhras agus a bhfuil acu an ábaltacht ís gá chun feidhmeanna breithiúnacha a fheidhmiú; ceapfaidh rialtais na mBallstát iad de thoil a chéile go ceann téarma sé bliana.