Judgment_paragraph 44 · Council of the European Union and European Commission v Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe (C-404/12 P, C-405/12 P)

44Pursuant to Article 300(7) EC (now Article 216(2) TFEU), international agreements concluded by the European Union bind its institutions and consequently prevail over the acts laid down by those institutions (see, to that effect, judgment in Intertanko and Others, EU:C:2008:312, paragraph 42 and the case-law cited).