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Treaty of Rome; Judicial Review; Locus Standi; Court of Justice of the European Community
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Establishing Locus Standi Under Article 173(2) Of The Eec Treaty, Edward J. Tabaczyk
Establishing Locus Standi Under Article 173(2) Of The Eec Treaty, Edward J. Tabaczyk
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
Article 173 of the Treaty of Rome allows natural and legal persons to obtain judicial review of certain legal acts of the Council or Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC Council or Commission). Specifically, Article 173(2) allows nonaddressees of a decision or a decision in the form of a regulation to petition the Court of Justice of the European Community (the European Court) for an annulment of the legal act on one of four grounds. Before an application for an annulment is admissible, however, the applicant must show that the legal act is of "direct and individual concern" to …