The Conference underlines that, in accordance with the settled case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, being an integral part of an institutional system based on the principle of conferred powers, cannot serve as a basis for widening the scope of Union powers beyond the general framework created by the provisions of the Treaties as a whole and, in particular, by those that define the tasks and the activities of the Union.
Cuireann an Chomhdháil i bhfios go láidir gurb amhlaidh, i gcomhréir le cásdlí socair Chúirt Bhreithiúnais an Aontais Eorpaigh, nach bhféadfaidh Airteagal 352 den Chonradh maidir le Feidhmiú an Aontais Eorpaigh, mar chuid dhílis de chóras institiúideach atá bunaithe ar phrionsabal na gcumhachtaí arna dtabhairt, bheith ina bhunús chun raon chumhachtaí an Aontais a fhairsingiú thar an gcreat atá cruthaithe le forálacha na gConarthaí ina n-iomláine agus go háirithe leis na forálacha sin lena sainmhínítear cúraimí agus gníomhaíochtaí an Aontais.