Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2019
On 25 July 2002, the Court rejected the proposals of AG Jacobs and the CFI to reconsider its traditional case law on private applicants’ standing to challenge generally applicable EC acts according to Article 230 para. 4 EC. This rejection hardly came as a surprise. However, the Court's motivation for the ‘restauration’ of its traditional approach is interesting. In substance, the Court held that the Member States are responsible for both the existence and the elimination of lacunae in the EC system of judicial remedies.