Judgment_paragraph 86 · Yassin Abdullah Kadi v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (T-315/01)

86In this regard, the applicant more particularly argues that in order for it to be possible for a measure to be adopted by the Community on the basis of Article 308 EC, it is not sufficient that it should seek to attain one of the objectives of the Treaty on European Union. Thus, in Opinion 2/94 (paragraph 64 above), the Court of Justice held that that provision did not permit the Community to accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), even though the Treaty on European Union expressly refers to the objective of respect for human rights. The applicant therefore invites the Court to reject the broad interpretation of Article 308 EC proposed by the Council and the Commission, the result of which would, in his view, be to give that provision potentially unlimited scope.