In other words, the Court was not prepared to abandon the notion of facultative mixity just yet. (europeanlawblog.eu)
The notion of facultative mixity recognizes the ability of the Union's legislator to exercise discretion over whether to conclude an international agreement as an EU - only or a mixed agreement when parts of it fall under shared competences. (europeanlawblog.eu)
Circulating nitrate is subsequently actively taken up by the salivary glands and concentrated in the saliva, where it can be reduced to nitrite by facultative anaerobic bacteria in the oral cavity. (academic.oup.com)