Judgment_paragraph 32 · Council of the European Union v Lieve de Nil and Christiane Impens (C-259/96 P)

32As regards the plea in law based on a breach of the principle of proportionality, according to the case-law of the Court {Commission v Brazzelli Lualdi and Others, cited above, paragraph 81), it is for the Court of First Instance alone to assess, within the confines of the claim, the method and extent of compensation for the damage. However, in order for the Court to be able to review the judgments of the Court of First Instance, those judgments must be sufficiently reasoned.