It has jurisdiction in disputes concerning the interpretation and application of the Convention.

In fact, to judge by the long list of concerns and points of difference that follows, the rapporteur shares my view on this.

(5) The Community institutions may consider it appropriate to repeal, amend or adopt any other special measures with respect to measures taken under Regulation (EC) No 384/96 or Regulation (EC) No 2026/97, including measures which have not been the subject of dispute settlement under the DSU, in order to take account of the legal interpretations made in a report adopted by the DSB.

The Court of Justice is given jurisdiction to rule on disputes between Member States on the interpretation or application of the Protocol where it has proved impossible to resolve the dispute in the Council within a six-month period; provision is also made for limited jurisdiction as regards the interpretation or application of certain Articles of the Protocol with respect to disputes between Member States and the Commission, as is the possibility of Member States agreeing also to the Court's having jurisdiction to give preminary rulings ("opting-in"), thus echoing the rules applying to the Convention itself.

C. whereas the Court's jurisdiction, although operating in complementarity to national jurisdictions, will enable it to judge crimes perpetrated during internal conflicts as well as having the capacity to decide, in controversial cases, the respective spheres of competence,

It is like asking a cardiologist to judge a dispute between architects.