Judgment_paragraph 53 · Petrotub SA and Republica SA v Council of the European Union (C-76/00 P)

53It is true that it is settled case-law of the Court of Justice that, having regard to their nature and structure, the WTO Agreement and the agreements and understandings annexed to it are not in principle among the rules in the light of which the Court is to review the legality of measures adopted by the Community institutions, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 230 EC (see Case C-149/96 Portugal v Council [1999] ECR I-8395, paragraph 47, and the order in Case C-307/99 OGT Fruchtbandelsgesellscbaft [2001] ECR I-3159, paragraph 24).