Judgment_paragraph 33 · European Parliament v Council of the European Union (C-21/94)

33The request of the Parliament that the Court should impose on the Council a time-limit within which the latter must adopt a new directive cannot be upheld. The Court does not have jurisdiction to issue such an order in the context of its review of the legality of an act under Article 173 of the Treaty. The fact none the less remains that the Council is under a duty to put an end within a reasonable period to the infringement it has committed.