Our Case Summary Of The Week:
C-294-83 Parti Ecologiste Les Verts v European Parliament
This legendary judgement extended the list of reviewable acts of the European Parliament by the Court of Justice of the European Union by considering in this case that “An interpretation of Article 173 of the Treaty which excluded measures adopted by the European Parliament from those which could be contested by means of an action for annulment would lead to a result contrary both to the spirit of the treaty as expressed in Article 164 and to its scheme”.
This historical case law also was the first judicial recognition of the European Union as a Community based on the rule of law and contributed to the Community’s constitutional system and the role of the European Court of Justice in that system.
