EU Law Flashcards
Free movement of Goods
Single trading Block in which all Production Fan circulate freely
-same for goods from their countries once they entered
Charges having equivalent effect
Not allowed when discrimatuon causing means in product from one country but not the other leading to e.g. alteration of price
Quantitative measure
Restricting import or export
Movement of persons
Workers
Self employed
Citizenships
Third country nationals
Free movement of capital
Mortgages in foreign countries
Share dealings
Acquisition of property
Institutional framework:
*European Commission (nr equal to states 28, legislative proposals, ensure legislation is complied with, manage budget, reperesent)
*council of the European Union or Council of Ministers (main law making body with parliament, unanimity)
*European Council (no legislative function, decide on general political direction)
*European Parliament (central law making body, supervisory powers like elect presedent of commission, comssion members)
*the Court of Justice of the European Union (interpretation, enforcement, annulment of law, sanctioning other institutions)
*European Central Bank
*the court of auditors
sources of eu law:
primary law (treaties, fundamental rights), general principles, secondary law (regulations, directives, decisions), case law (direct effect, supremacy of eu law, state liability)
law making procedure:
ordinary legislative procedure (involging commission to council to parliament), special procedure (when differ from rdianry), consent legislative procedure (can not be passed without parliament consent)
preliminary ruling procedure
decision of court of justice on interpretation of eu law in respnce to request from court of EU member
competition law
prevention of fixed prices, applying similar conditions to equivalnt transactions, conclusion of contracts
block exemption regulation:
exemption in industry which denies rgas in industry sme business activities to create competition
merger control:
worldwide turnover together and of at least wo undertakings must not overcome threshold