Judgment_paragraph 56 · Salzgitter AG, formerly Preussag Stahl AG v Commission of the European Communities and Federal Republic of Germany (C-210/98 P)

56Since that is a finding which touches on the competence of the Commission, it must be raised by the Court of its own motion even though none of the parties has asked it to do so (see, in that regard, Case 19/58 Germany v High Authority [1960] ECR 225, at 233).