Judgment_paragraph 81 · Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities (T-374/04)

81It follows that, in its review of legality in this regard, the Community judicature conducts a full review as to whether the Commission applied properly the relevant rules of law, whose meaning must be determined in accordance with the methods of interpretation recognised by the case-law. On the other hand, the Court of First Instance cannot take the place of the Commission where the latter must carry out complex economic and ecological assessments in this context In this respect, the Court is obliged to confine itself to verifying that the measure in question is not vitiated by a manifest error or a misuse of powers, that the competent authority did not clearly exceed the bounds of its discretion and that the procedural guarantees, which are of particularly fundamental importance in this context, have been fully observed (see, to this effect, Case T-13/99 Pfizer Animal Health v Council [2002] ECR II-3305, paragraphs 166 and 171; Case T-70/99 Alpharma v Council [2002] ECR II-3495, paragraphs 177 and 182; and Case T-392/02 Solvay Pharmaceuticals v Council [2003] ECR II-4555, paragraph 126).

Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities (T-374/04)

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