Judgment_paragraph 33 · European Community, represented by the Commission of the European Communities v First NV and Franex NV (C-275/00)

33Similarly, the strict separation of jurisdiction which the Court of Justice has established, in relation to non-contractual liability, between the Community Courts and the national courts, according to whether damage was caused by the European Community or by a Member State (see Granaria, cited above, paragraph 14, and Joined Cases 106/87 to 120/87 Asteris and Others v Greece [1988] ECR 5515, paragraphs 17 to 19) must also hold good with regard to measures of inquiry serving to ascertain the facts.