Judgment_paragraph 64 · Council of the European Union v European Commission (C-409/13)

64Under Article 13(2) TEU, each EU institution is to act within the limits of the powers conferred on it in the Treaties, and in conformity with the procedures, conditions and objectives set out in them. That provision reflects the principle of institutional balance, characteristic of the institutional structure of the European Union (see judgment in Meroni v High Authority, 9/56, EU:C:1958:7, p. 152), a principle which requires that each of the institutions must exercise its powers with due regard for the powers of the other institutions (see, to this effect, judgments in Parliament v Council, C‑70/88, EU:C:1990:217, paragraph 22, and Parliament v Council, C‑133/06, EU:C:2008:257, paragraph 57).