Judgment_paragraph 61 · É. R., O. O., J. R., A. R., B. P. R. and Others v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (T-138/03)

61The applicants accept that, in matters concerning the common agricultural policy, the Community institutions enjoy a broad discretion regarding definition of the objectives to be pursued and choice of the appropriate means of action, and hence when determining the level of risk deemed unacceptable for society. The Community judicature must, however, review whether the exercise of such discretion by those institutions is vitiated by a manifest error or a misuse of powers (Case 98/78 Racke [1979] ECR 69, paragraph 5, and Joined Cases C-267/88 to C-285/88 Wuidart and Others [1990] ECR I-435, paragraph 14).