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The European Union, which has its roots in the 1950s by
































setting up the European Coal & Steel Community (ECSC), was a tremendous movement for int_grity through regionalisation. The
awful economic and political position of Europe after the World War II pushed European politicians for a way of escape and in
doing so, the ECSC becallne the cornerstone. However, the question of its capacity and competence in international arena was a
Jnajor point to which Article 210 of the EC Treaty lately refereed. By growing the extent and structure of the European COJnmunities and then changing into the European Union the question of its legal
personality changed to a big dilelna. In this regard, the European court of justice again came on the front bench. of the problem in
order to resolve it. This paper discusses the efforts of ICl in general and the ECl in particular, to find out the solution.
After considering some cases and reviewing the relevant
opinions, the paper will come to this result th,at the EC has legal personality as it has explicitly Jnentioned in Article 210. But as regards the EU, its legal personality could only be iJnplicitly, as it is necessary for all international institutions, though the question
of the extent of such coJnpetence remain to be resolved by the ECl in future.