11 - Law making : The EU

Question 1

when was the eu formed and when and how did the UK join

Answer 1

1957
joined in 1973 ith the treaty of rome

Question 2

institutions of the EU

Answer 2

1. council
2. commision
3. european parliament
4. court of justice of the EU

Question 3

function of the council

Answer 3

principle law making body of the EU

Question 4

makeup of the council

Answer 4

the governemnt of each nation sends a representative to the council
usually a minister is repsonible for a vertain topic, for example an agriculture minister will attend when there are issues based on that topic.

Question 5

function of the commision

Answer 5

proposes new laws to be adopted by parliament and council
ensures that provisions are enacted in member states
responsible for budgets ect

Question 6

makeup of the commision

Answer 6

each member state has onecommisioner
they are appointed for 5 years
each commisioner heads a department with responsibility over an areas of EU policy - agriculture ect

Question 7

function of european parliament

Answer 7

• members form groups with those with the same political alleigance
• meet once a month
• commisions discuss proposals by the commision an ddeliver them to parliament
• can co-legilslate with the council to approve or reject proposals by the commision
• reviews teh commisions work

Question 8

makeup of the european parliament

Answer 8

751 members (known as MEPS)
elected by members states every 5 years
number of MEPS from each conry is determined by the size and poulation of that country

Question 9

function of court of justice of the european union

Answer 9

decides when member states have failed in its obligations
hears from national courts for perliminary rulings on points of eu law
decisions made here are bidning on all courts in member states

Question 10

makeup of the court of justice of the EU

Answer 10

• sits in luxembourg
• one judge from each member state
• for a full court all 11 judges will sit
• for other ccases there will be 5/3 judges

Question 11

what are the three sources of EU law

Answer 11

• treaties
• regulations
• directives

Question 12

what do treaties effect

Answer 12

primary legilsaton
automatically part of a state members law

Question 13

what do regulations effect

Answer 13

• binding on member states
• automatically apply in each member state

Question 14

what do directives effect

Answer 14

member states have to pass their own laws to implement directives wihin a time limit set by the commision
delegated legislation usually gets used in the uk

Question 15

impact of EU law in engalnd and wales

Answer 15

• supreme court must refer quiestions of EU law to the cour of justice of the EU
• the EU method of interpretation is being used in UK courts
• EU law can override any inconsisten UK law, icnlduinga cts of parliament

Question 16

how may parliamentray supremance be retained over the EU

Answer 16

is stilla ble to repeal european communities acts, in what is knwon as great repeal bill