En pådømt sag kan kun begæres genoptaget af Domstolen, hvis der fremkommer en faktisk omstændighed af afgørende betydning, der inden dommens afsigelse var ukendt for Domstolen og for den part, der begærer sagen genoptaget.  
An application for revision of a judgment may be made to the Court of Justice only on discovery of a fact which is of such a nature as to be a decisive factor, and which, when the judgment was given, was unknown to the Court and to the party claiming the revision.  