THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (ARTICLES 220–45 (FORMERLY 164–88))

The Convention on Certain Institutions Common to the European Communities, signed in Rome in 1957, provided that the three Communities were to be served by a single Court, the Court of Justice of the European Communities. The Court of Justice, which sits in Luxembourg, is the supreme authority on all aspects of Community law. It should not be confused with the European Court of Human Rights which sits in Strasbourg and which is not a European Community institution.