Judgment_paragraph 33 · Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-376/98)

33According to settled case-law, the Community may not rely on Article 100a when the measure to be adopted only incidentally harmonises market conditions within the Community (Case C-70/88 Parliament v Council [1991] ECR I-4529, paragraph 17; Case C-155/91 Commission v Council [1993] ECR I-939, paragraph 19; Case C-l87/93 Parliament v Council [1994] ECR I-2857, paragraph 25; and Case C-84/94 United Kingdom v Council [1996] ECR I-5755, paragraph 45).