Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2011:16
Date: 2011-01-13
Language of the case: French
Subject matter: General provisions;Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Belgium

Summary of the Judgment European Communities – Representation before the national courts – Delegation by the Commission of its power of representation to another institution – Conditions (Art. 282 EC) The authority by which the European Commission delegated to another Community institution its power under Article 282 EC, to represent the European Communities before a national court in a dispute concerning that institution, was validly granted, regardless of whether or not that authority specified by name a natural person empowered to represent the institution to which the power was delegated. In such cases, both the institution and the natural person, if specified, could authorise a lawyer to represent the European Communities. (see para. 25, operative part)