Judgment_paragraph 51 · European Commission v Council of the European Union (C-244/17)

51In the present case, it is clear from the information available to the Court that the position of the European Union defined by the contested decision was expressed within the Cooperation Council in March 2017 and that the Cooperation Council adopted the measures envisaged by that decision in the same month. Therefore, annulment of the contested decision without its effects being maintained would be liable to disrupt the functioning of the bodies established by the Partnership Agreement, to cast doubt on the commitment of the European Union in relation to the legal measures adopted by those bodies and thus to hinder the proper implementation of that agreement (see, by analogy, judgment of October 2009, Commission v Council, C‑370/07, EU:C:2009:590, paragraph 65).