Judgment_paragraph 90 · Republic of Poland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-5/16)

90According to settled case-law, sincere cooperation between EU institutions, as provided for in Article 13(2) TEU, is to be exercised within the limits of the powers granted by the Treaties to each institution. The obligation arising under that provision is therefore not capable of modifying those powers (see, to that effect, inter alia, judgments of 14 April 2015, Council v Commission, C‑409/13, EU:C:2015:217, paragraph 64 and the case-law cited, and of 6 October 2015, Council v Commission, C‑73/14, EU:C:2015:663, paragraph 84 and the case-law cited). Consequently, such cooperation cannot undermine one EU institution’s capacity to exercise its powers to the benefit of another institution.