1. 1Case C-376/98Germany v Parliament and Council (Tobacco Advertising).
2. 2In Case C -84/94 of Nov. 12 1996 (Working Time) the court struck down one provision of a Directive regulating the organisation of working time as enacted outside of the EU's jurisdictional boundaries, while upholding the directive generally.
3. 3Other leading cases in which the Court of Justice precluded (non legislative) Community action included Opinion 2/94, [1996] ECR I-1759 (holding that the European Community could not, without an amendment of the treaties, accede to the European Convention of Human Rights) and Opinion 1/94 [1994] ECR I-5267 (holding that certain aspects of the GATS as well as the TRIP Agreement do not covered by the EU's 'Common Commercial Policy' under Art 133 TEC).
4. 4Case C-491/01 of Dec. 10 2002.
5. 5Case C-210/03 of Dec 14 2004.