Referring to its landmark judgment on autonomy, Opinion 2/13, the Court confirmed the key role that autonomy plays for identifying the compatibility of international dispute settlement with EU law. (ejiltalk.org)
This is in line with its settled case law that EU participation in international dispute settlement mechanisms, while it remains possible as a matter of principle, may threaten the very nature and existence of the EU as an autonomous legal order. (europeanlawblog.eu)
We note that the option of a NVNI claim arguably makes the scope of the trade dispute settlement system based on GATT principles roader than that of other international dispute settlement mechanisms which are confined to adjudicating substantive violations of the agreement in question. (slaw.ca)