Expeditious court proceedings
Article 24
1. A court to which an application for the return of a child referred to in Article 22 is made shall act expeditiously in proceedings on the application, using the most expeditious procedures available under national law. 2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1 a court of first instance shall,, except where exceptional circumstances make this impossible, give its decision no later than six weeks after it is seised. 3. Except where exceptional circumstances make this impossible, a court of higher instance shall give its decision no later than six weeks after all the required procedural steps have been taken and the court is in a position to examine the appeal, whether by hearing or otherwise.