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connection with the exercise of implementing powers, Article 202 strikes a subtle balance between the Council and the Commission, a balance which makes the Commissi
on the implementing authority under the ordinary law, whilst keeping its power subordinate to that of the Council, which can both impose ‘requirements’ in respect of the exercise of the implementing power which it ‘[confers] on the Commission’ and, ‘in specific cases’, reserve the righ
t to exercise those powers ...[+++] itself.