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EJTN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW TRAINING Brussels, 9-10 April 2019 Changing Administrative Law Procedures in Europe Working Group 1 The scope of Administrative Jurisdiction: control of the Administration vs. Substitution Cons. ROSA PERNA Tar del Lazio - Rome 1

The standard of judicial review on administrative acts: the complex factual matters and their evaluation Principle of separation of powers Administration and administrative judge Jurisdiction of legality -legitimacy of the act, not the merit -breach of law, misure or abuse of power, lack of competence -administrative discretion in adherence with the spirit of the law ( détournement de povoir”and “excès de povoir”) (Cons. St., III, 15.4.2013, n. 2032; V, 19.11.2009, n. 7259; Tar Lazio, Rome, III-ter, 11.2.2011, n. 1336) 9-10/4/2019 2

The standard of judicial review on administrative acts: the complex factual matters and their evaluation Administrative discretion and technical discretion Administrative discretion : selection, acquisition, comparison and evaluation of public and private interests Technical discretion : complex factual matters … ), (interdependencies, causalities, uncertainty and their evaluation or appraisal -rules of a non-exact science → certain degree of disputability -indeterminate juridical concepts . 9-10/4/2019 3

The standard of judicial review on administrative acts: the complex factual matters and their evaluation The judicial review on administrative acts in the national legal order Full cognition : check the facts and the evaluation process followed in applying the very rule of law , but where the legitimacy of the action and the correct use of the underlying technical rules have been ascertained cannot go beyond and substitute evaluation made by the Administration (Cons. Stato, VI, 12.2.2007, n. 550; Cons. St., VI, 10.3.2006, n. 1271; TAR Lazio, Rome I, 24.8.2010, n. 31278; id., 29.12.2007, n. 14157; id., 30.3.2007, n. 2798; id., 13 March 2006, n. 1898). 9-10/4/2019 4

The standard of judicial review on administrative acts: the complex factual matters and their evaluation The judicial review on administrative acts in the European prospective verify the compliance with the rules of procedure (esp. case) and duty of careful and impartial investigation of the motivation; the material accuracy of the facts; the lack of manifest error of assessment and misuse of powers … 9-10/4/2019 5

The standard of judicial review on administrative acts: the complex factual matters and their evaluation . verify the material accuracy of evidence, their reliability and consistency, and whether suitable to corroborate the conclusions (ECJ case 56/64 Consten und Grundig/Commission; case 42/84 Remia/Commission; case C-525/04 P Spanien/Lenzing; case C-269/90 TU München/Hauptzollamt München- Mitte; case C-12/03 P Commission/Tetra Laval Case 501/06 GlaxoSmithkline/Commission) … 9-10/4/2019 6

The standard of judicial review on administrative acts: the complex factual matters and their evaluation … but not replace the Commission's assessment with his own (Case 67/13 Groupment de cartes bancaires/Commission) or take a decision in the place of the administrative authority (T-201/04 Microsoft Corp/Commission). 9-10/4/2019 7

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