The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community#TITLE III - Institutional and financial provisions#CHAPTER 2 - THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY#Section 4 - The Court of Justice of the European Union#Article 136

2. The Committee shall consist of forty-one members, appointed by the Council after consultation with the Commission. The Members of the Committee shall be appointed in their personal capacity for five years. Their appointment shall be renewable. They shall not be bound by any mandatory instructions.