Judgment_paragraph 47 · European Parliament v Council of the European Union (C-263/14)

47Admittedly, as stated by the Advocate General in point 60 of her Opinion, some of the obligations laid down by the EU-Tanzania Agreement appear, at first sight, to relate to the field of cross-border judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation, when they are considered individually. However, as also observed by the Advocate General, the fact that certain provisions of such an agreement, taken individually, have an affinity with rules that might be adopted within a European Union policy area is not, in itself, sufficient to determine the appropriate legal basis of the contested decision. As regards, in particular, provisions of the EU-Tanzania Agreement concerning compliance with the principles of the rule of law and human rights, as well as respect for human dignity, it must be stated that such compliance is required of all actions of the European Union, including those in the area of the CFSP, as is clear from the provisions, read together, set out in the first subparagraph of Article 21(1), Article 21(2)(b) and (3) TEU, and Article 23 TEU. That being the case, the Court must also assess that agreement in the light of its aim.