On mentionnera, par exemple, les arrêts par lesquels la CJCE a jugé que les directives sur la concurrence, prévues à l’article 86-3, relevant de la compétence de la Commission, appartenaient à la catégorie générale des directives de l’actuel article 249 CE, autrement dit que la Commission disposait elle aussi d’un pouvoir législatif autonome!
To give an illustration, there are judgments in which the Court of Justice of the European Communities has taken the view that the competition directives, provided for by Article 86(3) and falling within the competence of the Commission, should be classified in the general category of directives covered by the present Article 249 TEC, in other words that the Commission itself also had an autonomous legislative power!