Gruppen har noteret sig, at EF-traktaten tildelte Fællesskabet eksplicit kompetence i forbindelse med optræden udadtil, herunder også til at indgå internationale aftaler, og at Domstolen har anerkendt implicit ekstern fællesskabskompetence, når det har været nødvendigt at indgå internationale aftaler for at gennemføre interne politikker eller som en afspejling af dets
The Group noted that the EC Treaty attributed explicit competences to the Community in external action, including for the conclusion of international agreements, and that the Court of Justice had recognised implicit external Community competences when the conclusion of international agreements were necessary for the implementation of internal policies or as a