Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2013:187
Date: 2013-03-21
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Acts of the institutions
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: United Kingdom

summary can be found, for example, in Opinion 1/03 [2006] ECR I‑1145, paragraphs 114 to 133. 40 – See recital 3 in the preamble to Regulation No 883/2004. 41 – With regard to the Union’s external competence in connection with the adoption of common rules which could be affected, see also Opinion 1/03, cited in footnote 39, paragraph 116. 42 – See above, points 52 to 63 of this Opinion. 43 – See again Case C‑155/07 Parliament v Council, cited in footnote 23, paragraph 34, according to which a measure must always be based on the more specific of two possible legal bases. 44 – Case 165/87 Commission v Council [1988] ECR 5545, paragraphs 18 to 21; Joined Cases C‑184/02 and C‑223/02 Spain and Finland v Parliament and Council [2004] ECR I‑7789, paragraphs 42 to 44; and Case C‑210/03 Swedish Match [2004] ECR I‑11893, paragraph 44; see also my Opinion in Case C‑94/03 Commission v Council [2006] ECR I‑1, point 53. 45 – See above, point 61 of this Opinion.