Judgment_paragraph 61 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (C-81/13)

61That general power does not allow the European Union, in the light of the principle of conferral enshrined in Article 5(2) TEU, to adopt, in the framework of an association agreement, measures exceeding the limits of the powers that the Member States have conferred on it in the Treaties to attain the objectives set out therein (see, to that effect, judgment in Commission v Council, C‑370/07, EU:C:2009:590, paragraph 46). By contrast, Article 217 TFEU necessarily empowers the European Union to guarantee commitments towards third countries in all the fields covered by the FEU Treaty (see, to that effect, judgment in Demirel, 12/86, EU:C:1987:400, paragraph 9).