Judgment_paragraph 50 · Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-583/11 P)

50As regards the merits of this part of the first ground of appeal, it must be observed that, in accordance with the Court’s settled case-law, the interpretation of a provision of European Union law requires that account be taken not only of its wording and the objectives it pursues, but also its context and the provisions of European Union law as a whole (see, to that effect, Case 283/81 Cilfit and Others [1982] ECR 3415, paragraph 20). The origins of a provision of European Union law may also provide information relevant to its interpretation (see, to that effect, the judgment of 27 November 2012 in Case C‑370/12 Pringle [2012] ECR, paragraph 135).