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ARTICLE-I-9: Fundamental rights     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Fundamental rights, as guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States, shall constitute general principles of the Union's law. ...


ARTICLE-I-37: Implementing acts     [go to this ARTICLE]
... For the purposes of paragraph 2, European laws shall lay down in advance the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers. ...


ARTICLE-I-50: Transparency of the proceedings of Union institutions, bodies, off ices and agencies     [go to this ARTICLE]
... European laws shall lay down the general principles and limits which, on grounds of public or private interest, govern the right of access to such documents. ...


ARTICLE-II-101: Right to good administration     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Every person has the right to have the Union make good any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States. ...


ARTICLE-II-109: Principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... This Article shall not prejudice the trial and punishment of any person for any act or omission which, at the time when it was committed, was criminal according to the general principles recognised by the community of nations. ...


... In the case of non-contractual liability, the Union shall, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States, make good any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties. ...
... Notwithstanding the second paragraph, the European Central Bank shall, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States, make good any damage caused by it or by its servants in the performance of their duties. ...