Judgment_paragraph 34 · Eirini Lechouritou and Others v Dimosio tis Omospondiakis Dimokratias tis Germanias (C-292/05)

34Disputes of that nature do result from the exercise of public powers by one of the parties to the case, as it exercises powers falling outside the scope of the ordinary legal rules applicable to relationships between private individuals (see, to this effect, Sonntag, paragraph 22; Henkel, paragraph 30; Préservatrice foncière TIARD, paragraph 30; and Case 0265/02 Frahuil [2004] ECR I-1543, paragraph 21).