53This interpretation of Article 290 TFEU is, moreover, borne out by point 52 of the Commission’s guidelines of 24 June 2011 on delegated acts (SEC(2011) 855), which, although they cannot bind the Court, may be a useful source of guidance (judgment of 17 March 2016, Parliament v Commission, C‑286/14, EU:C:2016:183, paragraph 43 and the case-law cited). The Commission states in those guidelines that the legislature ‘must explicitly and precisely describe the powers it intends to delegate to the Commission’, that ‘vague formulations … are not possible’, and that ‘powers should not be conferred on the Commission simply by setting up a non-exhaustive list of measures to be taken’.
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