Judgment_paragraph 41 · Peter Gauweiler and Others v Deutscher Bundestag (C-62/14)

41In accordance with the principle of conferral of powers set out in Article 5(2) TEU, the ESCB must act within the limits of the powers conferred upon it by primary law and it cannot therefore validly adopt and implement a programme which is outside the area assigned to monetary policy by primary law. In order to ensure that the principle of conferral is complied with, the acts of the ESCB are, on the conditions laid down by the Treaties, subject to review by the Court (see, to that effect, judgment in Commission v ECB, C‑11/00, EU:C:2003:395, paragraph 135).