– Parlamentet har nu ret til at indbringe klager for Domstolen med henblik på at få prøvet lovligheden af retsakter uden at skulle påvise nogen særlig interesse (artikel 230 revideret) og at anmode Domstolen om at udtale sig om en international aftales forenelighed med traktaten (artikel 300, stk. 6, i den reviderede EF-traktat); – der vil fremover kunne oprettes retsinstanser, der i første instans skal træffe afgørelse i visse arter af sager inden for særlige områder; deres afgørelser kan appelleres til Retten i Første Instans (artikel 225 A i EF-traktaten); – Domstolen kan fremover principielt sættes i afdelinger eller i den store afdeling (artikel 221 i EF-traktaten), og ikke længere nødvendigvis i plenum (hvilket er i overensstemmelse med Retsudvalgets forslag); – Retten i Første Instans vil have kompetence i sager om prøvelse af retsakters lovlighed, passivitetssøgsmål og sager vedrørende kontraktansvar (artikel 225, stk. 1), idet der dog henvises til statutten med hensyn til den mere detaljerede opdeling af beføjelser mellem Domstolen, Retten i Første Instans og de særlige retsinstanser; Retten i Første instans har desuden fået kompetence til at afgøre visse præjudicielle spørgsmål; – Domstolen fik ganske vist ikke - således som Retsudvalget havde foreslået -enekompetence med hensyn til dens procesreglement, men i det mindste vil dette fremover kun kræve godkendelse med kvalificeret flertal i Rådet (artikel 223 revideret, i lighed med de nye bestemmelser for Retten i Første Instans i henhold til den reviderede artikel 224).
- Parliament is accorded the right to bring an action before the Court of Justice with a view to having an act declared void without having to prove that its own interests are at stake (Article 230 of the EC Treaty, amended) and to request a preliminary ruling of the Court as to whether an international agreement would be consistent with the Treaty (Article 300(6) of the EC Treaty, amended); - in future, it will be possible for judicial panels to be set up to hear and determine at first instance certain classes of action or proceeding brought in specific areas; decisions given by judicial panels will be subject to a right of appeal before the Court of First Instance (Article 225a of the EC Treaty); - in future, as a general rule the Court of Justice will sit in chambers or in a Grand Chamber (Article 221 of the EC Treaty) rather than being obliged to sit in plenary session (a change that had been proposed by the Committee on Legal Affairs); - the Court of First Instance is confirmed as the ordinary court for proceedings brought with a view to having acts declared void, or on the grounds of failure to act or liability (Article 225(1)), while the precise breakdown of powers between the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance and the judicial panels will be set out in the Statute for the Court of Justice; the Court of First Instance will also be able to hear and determine certain questions referred for a preliminary ruling; - although the Court of Justice will not acquire completely autonomous powers in relation to drawing up its rules of procedure, as proposed by the Committee on Legal Affairs, at least in future they shall merely require the approval of a qualified majority of the Council (Article 223 as amended, with Article 224 as amended introducing the same provisions in respect of the Court of First Instance);