Judgment_paragraph 34 · Michael Efler and Others v European Commission (T-754/14)

34It should be noted at the outset that the parties are in agreement that a Council decision authorising the Commission, in accordance with Articles 207 and 218 TFEU, to open negotiations on the conclusion of an international agreement should be considered to constitute a preparatory act in relation to the subsequent decision to sign and conclude such an agreement and that it produces legal effects between the European Union and its Member States as well as between the institutions of the European Union (see, to that effect, judgments of 4 September 2014, Commission v Council, C‑114/12, EU:C:2014:2151, paragraph 40, and of 16 July 2015, Commission v Council, C‑425/13, EU:C:2015:483, paragraph 28).