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THE JURISDICTIONS OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE INTERPRETATION
AND APPLICATION OF TREATY - ARTICLE 220 (EX 164) TEC. THE REVIEW OF THE COURT
OF JUSTICE ON THE LEGALITY OF ACTS ADOPTED JOINTLY BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND
THE COUNCIL, OF ACTS OF THE COUNCIL, OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE ECB (OTHER THAN
RECOMMENDATIONS AND OPINIONS) AND OF ACTS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT INTENDED
TO PRODUCE LEGAL EFFECTS VIS-À-VIS THIRD PARTIES - ART 230 (EX 173) TEC. ITS JURISDICTION
IN ACTIONS BROUGHT BY A MEMBER STATE, THE COUNCIL OR COMMISSION ON GROUNDS OF
LACK OF COMPETENCE, INFRINGEMENT OF AN ESSENTIAL PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT, INFRINGEMENT
OF THIS TREATY OR OF ANY RULE OF LAW RELATING TO ITS APPLICATION, OR MISUSE OF POWERS
- ARTICLE 230(2) TEC. ITS JURISDICTION IN ACTIONS BROUGHT BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND BY THE ECB FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THEIR PREROGATIVE - ARTICLE 230(3)
TEC. THE STANDING OF ANY NATURAL OR LEGAL PERSON IN PROCEEDINGS AGAINST AN ACT ADDRESSED
OR DIRECTLY AND INDIVIDUALLY CONCERNING HIM OR HER, AND AGAINST A REGULATORY
ACT WHICH IS OF DIRECT CONCERN TO HIM OR HER AND DOES NOT ENTAIL IMPLEMENTING MEASURES
- ARTICLE 230(4) TEC. ITS JURISDICTION TO GIVE PRELIMINARY RULINGS CONCERNING: (A)
THE INTERPRETATION OF THIS TREATY; (B) THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF ACTS OF THE INSTITUTIONS
OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE ECB; (C) THE INTERPRETATION OF THE STATUTES OF
BODIES ESTABLISHED BY AN ACT OF THE COUNCIL, WHERE THOSE STATUTES SO PROVIDE -ARTICLE
234 TEC (EX 177). COURT OF JUSTICE JUDGEMENTS OF VIOLATIONS OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THE TREATY BY MEMBER - ARTICLE 228 TEC. THE JURISDICTION IN ACTIONS OF NON-CONTRACTUAL
LIABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY (ITS INSTITUTIONS OR BY ITS SERVANTS) IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES COMMON TO MEMBER STATES -ART 288 (EX 215) PARAGRAPH 2
TEC.

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