Articles 178 and 215 (second paragraph) of the EEC Treaty Article 178 lays down that “The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in disputes relating to compensation for damage provided for in the second paragraph of Article 215″, which provides “that In the case of non-contractual liability, the Community shall, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States, make goods any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties”.

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