The Commission is recognised as the European executive, which has the duty to take the necessary measures to implement legislative acts at European level, while the Council only exceptionally performs executive responsibilities, in the cases where the Constitution expressly so determines, or when legislative acts, stating due reasons, so specify.
Komisija ir nepārprotami atzīta kā Eiropas izpildorgāns, kura pienākums ir īstenot dzīvē juridiskos aktus, kamēr Padome tikai izņēmuma gadījumos veic izpildorgāna pienākumus, kad to patiešām pieprasa Konstitūcija vai kad to nosaka tiesību akti, sniedzot tam attaisnojošus iemeslus.