The Judges and Advocates-General shall be chosen from personswhose independence is beyond doubt and who possess the qualifications required for appointment to the highest judicial offices intheir respective countries or who are jurisconsults of recognisedcompetence; they shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of the Member States for a term of six years.
Roghnófar na Breithiúna agus na hAbhcóidí Ginearálta ó dhaoinenach bhfuil a neamhspleáchas inchurtha in amhras agus a bhfuilacu na cáilíochtaí is gá chun a gceaptha do na hoifigí breithiúnachais airde ina dtíortha faoi seach nó is dlí-eolaithe a n-aithnítear an-inniúlacht; ceapfaidh Rialtais na mBallstát iad de thoil a chéile arfeadh téarma sé bliana.