Rule 74 - Assignment of appeals, requests and applications

1. The Registrar shall assign an appeal brought before the Court of Appeal to a panel, in accordance with the distribution scheme established by the President of the Court of Appeal.
(Ref.: R. 230(2) in conjunction with R. 345(3) and (8) RoP)
2. The Registrar shall notify the parties of the identity of the judge designated as judge-rapporteur.
(Ref.: R. 231 RoP)
3. The Registrar shall assign appeals against a decision of the standing judge on an application to annul a decision of the EPO to reject a request for unitary protection, requests for discretionary review, applications for leave to appeal against cost decisions, applications for suspensive effect in cases of extreme urgency to the standing judge.
(Ref.: R. 97(5), 220(4), 221(3), 223(4) RoP)