16. 6. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 144/21 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 8 June 1993 amending Council Decision 88/591/ECSC, EEC, Euratom establishing a Court of First Instance of the European Communities (93/350/Euratom, ECSC, EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 32d thereof, : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 168a thereof, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 140a thereof, Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Coal and Steel Community, signed in Paris on 18 April 1951, Having regard to the request from the Court of Justice, Having regard to the opinion of the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment ('), Whereas the attachment to the Court of Justice of a Court of First Instance by Decision 88/591/ECSC, EEC, Euratom (3 is intended, by the establishment of a second court, in particular in respect of actions requiring close examination of complex facts, to improve the judicial protection of individual interests and to maintain the quality and effectiveness of judicial review in the Community legal order by enabling the Court of Justice ) OJ No C 241, 21. 9. 1992, p. 1. %) OJ No L 319, 25. 11. 1988, p. 1. Corrected version published in OJ No C 215, 21. 8. 1989, p. 1. to concentrate its activities on its fundamental task, of ensuring uniform interpretation of Community law ; Whereas, with the same end in view, it is appropriate, taking into account past experience to enlarge the juris- diction transferred to the Court of First Instance to hear and determine at first instance certain classes of action or proceeding brought by natural or legal persons; - Whereas Decision 88/591/ECSC, EEC, Euratom should therefore be amended in consequence, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Decision 88/591/ECSC, EEC, Euratom is hereby amended as follows : 1. the following shall be substituted for Article 3 (1): ‘The Court of First Instance shall exercise at first instance the jurisdiction conferred on the Court of Justice by the Treaties establishing the Communities and by the acts adopted in implementation thereof, save as otherwise provided in an act setting up a body governed by Community law : (a) in disputes as referred to in Article 179 of the EEC Treaty and Article 152 on the EAEC Treaty; (b) in actions brought by natural or legal persons pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 33, Article 35, the first and second  paragraphs of Article 40 and Article 42 of the ECSC Treaty; (c) in actions brought by natural or legal persons pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 173, the third paragraph of Article 175 and Articles 178 and 181 of the EEC Treaty;