10-11. Other competences Flashcards

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Competences based on an arbitration clause

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  1. Article 272 TFEU: arbitration clause:
    ‘The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have jurisdiction to give judgment pursuant to any arbitration clause contained in a contract concluded by or on behalf of the Union, whether that contract be governed by public or private law.’
    (Competence of the General Court: article 256 § 1 al 1 TFEU)
    = this means that if MS jurisdiction cannot be excluded (Art. 274) unless Art. 272 applies
  2. Article 273 TFUE: disputes between Member States submitted to the Court of Justice under special agreement:
    ‘The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between Member States which relates to the subject matter of the Treaties if the dispute is submitted to it under a special agreement between the parties.’
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Conditions on the jurisdiction of CJEU on an arbitration clause

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Art. 272

  • contract concluded by/on behalf of the Union with a third party (state/natural/legal person)
  • containing an arbitration clause giving jurisdiction to CJEU
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Conditions on disputes between member states submitted to the Court of Justice under a special agreement

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Art. 273 TFEU contains two conditions:

  1. the dispute has to relate to the subject matter of the European law
  2. there should be a special agreement of the two MS in conflict to refers the case to the Court of Justice

e.g. Pringle

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Can the MS submit a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of Treaties by any other method?

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NO
Article 344: MS undertake not to submit a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of treaties to any method of settlement other than those provided therein

–> The possibility of 273 TFEU becomes an obligation in Art.344

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Can CJ decide on the validity of a bilateral investment treaty between two MS?

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Yes, Art. 344 is one of the basis to decide for the CJ that a bilateral investment treaties between 2 MS were invalid if inconsistent with Art. 344

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Can you bring claims of incompliance of Art 8 of Treaty on Stability Coordination Governance signed by 25 MS on the basis of Art. 273?

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Yes, because the treaty presumes that the “special agreement” required by Art. 273 has been given by the treaty itself.

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Can the Court of Justice decide on the dispute between two MS regarding the extent and limits of the territories?

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Yes - case Slovenia v. Croatia.

In the infringement procedure, there is no jurisdiction for the CJ because:

  • it is not a subject matter of Treaties (the border dispute is a public intl law matter)
  • there is no special agreement

However, the dispute could be brought on the basis of Art. 273, referring to Art. 4 TEU, principle of sincere cooperation + act of accession of Croatia. Here, the court announced that it would consider this admissible on this suggested basis.

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competences based on other texts than TEU or TFEU

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  1. Legislative acts of the EU creating European intellectual property acts (article 262 TFEU)
    - Here, it is not an agreement between MS giving jurisdiction but the Treaty giving possibility to Council
    - Special EU law because it is decided by the Council but can only enter into force by ratification of all MS
  2. Competences based on agreements concluded between Member States
    - These are the old treaties provided for legal basis for MS concluding agreements in some areas. These conventions/protocols added jurisdiction which was often conferred to the Court of Justice
    E.g. Brussel convention on jurisdiction (convention of 68 and a protocol 71 gave jurisdiction to Court of Justice)
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Court’s competence on CFSP

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The Lisbon Treaty maintains the Court’s lack of jurisdiction with respect to CFSP provisions (art. 275(1) TFEU) (exceptions in paragraph 2).
- No jurisdiction on Title 5 Art. 21-46

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exceptions to the lack of competence on CFSP

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lack of jurisdiction with respect to CFSP provisions EXCEPT

  1. Art. 40 TEU: Court of Justice has jurisdiction to decide where the border is between CFSP and the rest of EU law
    - -> This is to avoid the control of Court of Justice to claim that a certain act are part of CFSP when they are not
  2. Court of justice has jurisdiction to rule on proceedings brought in accordance with provision art 263 (action for annulment - para 4: brought by natural or legal persons, individuals) to review legality of decisions providing restrictive measures on persons on the basis of the chapter 2 of the EU (art 23-41)
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Does the Court of Justice have competence on resolution of UN saying that members must take measures against companies or natural persons suspected in international law in some aspect?

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YES, this is an exception fo the lack of jurisdiction of CFSP

Court of justice has jurisdiction to rule on proceedings brought in accordance with provision art 263 (action for annulment - para 4: brought by natural or legal persons, individuals) to review legality of decisions providing restrictive measures on persons on the basis of the chapter 2 of the EU (art 23-41)

+ Rosneft
+ Bank Refah Kargaran

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Competences on AFSJ

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In matters relating to the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, article 276 TFEU maintains the lack of jurisdiction of the Court.

Here, the same rules apply as in CFSP
- Art. 263 (4)

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