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2017-12 Reports of Cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance 1 (2017)

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Reports   of Cases


        Case C-600/14

 Federal Republic of Germany
              V
Council of the European Union


     (Action for annulment - External action of the European Union - Article 216(1) TFEU -
Article 218(9) TFEU - Establishment of the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union
   in a body set up by an international agreement - Revision Committee of the Intergovernmental
 Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) - Amendment of the Convention concerning
International Carriage by Rail COTIF) and the Appendices thereto - Competence shared between the
  European Union and its Member States - External competence of the European Union in an area
    where the Union has not yet adopted common rules - Validity of Decision 2014/699/EU -
                 Obligation to state reasons - Principle of sincere cooperation)


             Summary  - Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 5 December 2017


1.  European Union -  Conferred powers
    principle of conferral


Internal and external competences


Observance of the


(Art. 5(2) TEU)


2.  International agreements - Conclusion -
    conferral - Exclusive or shared competence


Competence of the Union


Express or implicit


    (Arts 3(2) TFEU and 216(1) TFEU)

3.  International agreements - Conclusion - Competence of the Union - Competence in the light
    of the need to conclude the agreement in order to achieve an objective referred to by the Treaties
    -  Scope     Amendment   of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail      -
    Included       Competence  shared  between  the Union  and   the Member   States   -
    Whether necessary that Union have first taken internal action by means of adopting common
    rules before taking external action - Not necessary

    (Art. 5(2) TEU; Art. 2(2) TFEU, 4(2)(g) TFEU, 91(1) TFEU and 216(1) TFEU; Council Decision
    2014/699)

4.  Acts of the institutions - Indication of the legal basis - Obligation - Scope - Omission not
    constituting a substantial defect - Limits - Express reference indispensable to the exercise of
    judicial review

    (Art. 296 TFEU)


ECLJ:EU:C:2017:9351


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