EU Law: Supremacy and Judicial Dialogue Flashcards

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1
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Larsy

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Administrative agencies should disapply conflicting national rules

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How do most national courts view CJEU supremacy?

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Flowing from national constitutions, retaining ultimate power of constitutional review of EU measures

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What case used the ECHR as a floor for EU law?

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Schindler v Com

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When was the Joint Declaration of P, Council and Commission?

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1977

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What is a solange principle?

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‘so long as’ [x]

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What case was the second Solange of Germany?

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Wunsche Handelsgesellschaft

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Rutill judgment

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Limitations in Directive on restrictions Members can impose on FMW were specific expressions of EU general principles

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Mannesmannrohren-Werke

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‘maximum standard’

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What approach did the court focus on in Costa?

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Teleological

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What four arguments did the CJEU give for primacy in cOSTA?

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Contractarian, functional, egalitarian and analytical

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How does Internationale Handelsgesellschaft show difficulty in integrating common constitutional principles of Members into EU?

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Under EU law, no violation of proportionality, but yes under German Constitution

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12
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What case affirmed category of general principles of EU law from Costa?

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Stauder

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13
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What case showed national courts are not always required to review final decisions for EU supremacy?

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Kapferer

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What is required for national provision to be maintained until possible redress in Winner Wetten?

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Overriding considerations of legal certainty and minimum period possible

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Simmenthal judgment

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Primacy precludes adoption of incompatible new legislative measures, and requires existing provisions to be set aside

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Contractarian argument in Costa

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Primacy flows from Member agreement to join EU

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17
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What case showed the EU stating that core norms in a legal system cannot be overtaken by ‘primacy’?

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Kadi I

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Declaration 17 Lisbon of Treaty

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EU law has ‘primacy over the law of Member States’

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Articles 8 - 11 TFEU are what type of clauses?

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‘mainstreaming’ clauses

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What case showed that Members need to ensure protection of fundamental rights WHENEVER implementing EU measures?

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Wachauf v Germany

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21
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What proposed a supremacy clause?

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TECE

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What case showed that the ECJ can take EU law beyond the ECHR, using it as a ‘floor’?

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Schindler v Com

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Mannesmannrohren-Werke judgment

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German court dismissed ‘maximum standard’ approach, so fundamental right needs to belong to more than one Member

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When does a Member act as an ‘agent’ of the EU?

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When it implements and applies EU measures

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What is a benefit of the Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH case?

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Protects uniformity and primacy of EU law

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26
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National provision MAY be maintained until possible to redress violation

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Winner Wetten

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27
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Why is primacy preferred terminologically to supremacy?

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More self-contained and narrow

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Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH disadvantage

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Hard to determine if protection in EU law IS in conformity with fundamental rights if presumed

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What was the claim for in Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH ?

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Against HR of right to property and freedom to carry on business, protected by German Constitution and ECHR

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30
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Function argument in cOSTA

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Primacy required to achieve Treaty aims

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31
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How do CJEU view EU supremacy?

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Autonomous, not linked to national constitutions

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32
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Germany v Council judgment

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Supremacy of EU law, even over Constitution

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33
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When are Members subject to fundamental rights review under EU law?

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When they act as ‘agents’ of the EU

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34
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Why is the CJEU analytical argument weak?

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Article 288 DA only refers to regulations, and DA only removes implementing measures - there is still priority issue between EU and domestic

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35
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Costa v ENEL on supremacy

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If no primacy, Treaty obligations would be contingent on domestic legislation, calling the EC legal basis into question

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Hauer judgment

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No ‘special criteria’ to assess particular Member constitution, or would ‘lead inevitably to the destruction of the Common Marker’

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37
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What report suggested the annexation of EU fundamental rights standard to international standard?

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Network of Independent Experts’ Report

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What was the constitutional point made in Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH ?

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Fundamental rights are ‘integral’ to ‘general principles of Community law’, inspired by ‘constitutional traditions common to’ Members

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39
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Facebook case

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Schrems v Facebook

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40
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What approach did the court avoid in Costa?

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Textual

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41
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What case found that limitations in Directive on restrictions Members can impose on FMW were specific expressions of EU general principles?

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Rutill

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42
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Germany v Council general

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Bananas case

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43
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Internationale Handelsgesellschaft BverG general

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Back to German court

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44
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What argument for EU primacy shows there can be no unilateral precedence of domestic law?

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Egalitarian

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What did the CFI cite in Kadi I and II, that the CJEU did not?

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UN Charter and ‘jus cogens rules of international law’

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46
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Name at least one case showing supremacy principle is applicable against all national law

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Internationale Handelsgesellschaft BverG, mbH, Germany v Council, Ciola and Wunsche Handelsgesellschaft

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47
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What case showed the outcome if EU law did not have primacy?

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Costa v ENEL

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48
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Article 3(5) TEU

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EU power and competence to conclude international agreements externally, and integrate human rights protection into these agreements

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Article 49 TEU

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Condition of respect for EU founding values in order to be a Member

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50
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Simmenthal general

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Beef, vet inspections

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51
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What case said no individual review of cases as long as EU protection of fundamental rights satisfactory?

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Wunsche Handelsgesellschaf

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52
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What is a disadvantage of Kadi I judgment?

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If everyone did that, there would be less uniformity

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53
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Schrems v Facebook general

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Facebook

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54
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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Nold v Commission

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55
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Van Gend en Loos on supremacy

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‘new legal order’

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What is a positive solange?

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Acceptance that other system does offer sufficient protection

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What is a negative solange?

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Particular system does not accept another system offers sufficient protection

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58
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Bananas case

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Germany v Council

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59
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Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH judgment

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CJEU made two points - primacy of EU law, and constitutional rights fit inside Community framework

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What does Dougan believe the outcome is if DE placed in the driving seat?

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Primacy is a remedial manifestation of using DE EU rights in domestic system

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Hauer general

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No ‘special criteria’

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According to Article 2 TEU, what are the EU’s founding values?

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Human dignity, freedom, democracy, RoL, equality and respect for human rights

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63
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What did the national court say in Germany v Council?

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If EU interfered with fundamental points of Constitution, Constitution would take primacy

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ITWF and FEU v Viking Line JUDGMENT

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Balanced right to strike against FM given economic and social purpose of Community

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65
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What are the two informal sources for fundamental rights in EU?

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Constitutional traditions common to Members and international human rights treaties to which all Members are a party

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66
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Why did the case of Stauder affirm category of general principles from Costa?

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Fear of a threat to supremacy of EU law

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67
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Article 5 TEU limits EU how?

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Principle of conferral - can’t always integrate human rights protection without being given competence

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68
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What do Articles 8 - 11 TFEU require EU to do?

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EU policies and activities need to take account of things like gender equality, environmental protection etc.

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Kadi I on core norms

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Core norms in EU legal system cannot be overtaken by ‘primacy’

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What is the outcome of Simmenthal for applicants?

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They no longer need to fight up to Constitutional Court to rely on EU law

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71
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Who criticised Article 7 TEU for lack of practical usage?

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Williams

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72
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What does Article 19 TFEU enable Council to do?

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Take action to combat discrimination based on protected characteristics

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73
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Analytical argument in Costa

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Obligations must be unconditional, with reference to DA of Article 288 TFEU on regs

74
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What Articles gives the EU’s goals?

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Article 3 TEU

75
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When did general principles first gain political approval?

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Joint Declaration of P, Council and Commission in 1977

76
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What case affirmed other international human rights treaties and instruments than the ECHR as sources?

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Nold v Commission

77
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What is the impact of the supremacy doctrine on national law, and according to what case?

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Only refuse to apply - not invalidation/annulment; Simmenthal

78
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EU power and competence to conclude international agreements externally, and integrate human rights protection into these agreements

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Article 3(5) TEU

79
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Kapferer

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National court not always obliged to review final decision, respecting res judicata

80
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What Articles expresses list of EU founding values?

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Article 2 TEU

81
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Kadi I general

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Terrorists, banks frozen, UN sanction

82
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What Article gives various sources of human rights in EU law

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Article 6 TEU

83
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Ciola

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Primacy of EU law applies to constitutional norms and individual administrative acts

84
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Internationale Handelsgesellschaft BverG saw Germany highlight what about ECJ?

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Germany highlighted lack of democratic legitimacy of ECJ and lack of codified catalogue of rights

85
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Egalitarian argument in Costa

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Equal burden and benefit among Members - no unilateral precedence of domestic law

86
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What part of what Treaty stated eu law has ‘primacy over the law of Member States’

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Declaration 17 Lisbon of Treaty

87
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What case saw the national court highlighting the lack of democratic legitimacy of the ECJ?

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Internationale Handelsgesellschaft BverG

88
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What case has been criticised by labour lawyers for diminishing the right to strike?

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ITWF and FEU v Viking Line

89
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What does the case of Larsy show?

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Administrative agencies should disapply conflicting national rules - they also need to apply supremacy doctrine

90
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what case shows a specific example of when res judicata will be ignored?

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Lucchini

91
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What case stated that an incompatible existing national provision needs to be set aside, regardless of whether the Member constitutional court has found it unconstitutional or not?

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Simmenthal

92
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Lucchini

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Res judicata ignored if it would prevent recovery of state aid granted in breach of EU law

93
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What is the ‘maximum standard’ approach?

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Fundamental right only need belong to one Member for it to be part of a ‘common’ approach

94
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What Article of what Treaty did the CJEU refer to in Costa to support analytical argument?

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Direct effect of Article 288 TFEU on regulations

95
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What did the court emphasise in Costa, under teleological approach?

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EU aims through four arguments - contractarian, functional, egalitatian and analytical

96
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What two reasons can explain why CJEU rarely cites any specific constitutional provisions of Members?

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Hard to assert ‘common approach’ if not in every Member constitution, and fear of compromising doctrinal supremacy

97
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What three points does Dougan make about the relationship between EU primacy and direct effect?

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Primacy best explains incidental horizontal effect of positive law, DE conditions are distinct from primacy, and there are different outcomes if primacy is considered more important or direct effect

98
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Article 7 TEU

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Council can suspend voting and other rights of Member if found to persistently and seriously breach Article 2 principles

99
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What is the emphasis in Opinion 2/13 on autonomy of EU legal order likely to lead to?

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Critique of EU law as disconnected from wider international HR system

100
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Digital Rights Ireland general

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Annulled Data Retention Directive

101
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What case showed that a ower court can seek ruling on compatibility of higher court with EU law, regardless of binding nature of higher court

A

Elchinov

102
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Commission Communication did what under Article 7 TEU

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Set out early warning system to supplement Article 7 TEU

103
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Digital Rights Ireland judgment

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Disproportionately restricted privacy and data protection

104
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What case shows primacy of EU law precludes adoption of incompatible new legislative measures, and requires existing provisions to be set aside

A

Simmenthal

105
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Kadi II general

A

Maintenance of sanctions

106
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What case shows the heightened protection of right to privacy, against social network?

A

schrems v Facebook

107
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Wunsche Handelsgesellschaft general

A

Second Solange of Germany

108
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What case showed the primacy of EU law applies to constitutional norms and individual administrative acts?

A

Ciola

109
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What case shows the ECJ respecting res judicata?

A

Kapferer

110
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‘uniform tendency’

A

AZKO

111
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Who stated that the CJEU have ‘difficulty in accepting, in practice if not in principle, that it is formally bound by an international judicial decision’?

A

Eeckhout

112
Q

Specific expressions of general principles

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Rutill

113
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What case shows the ECJ being Less deferential to EU institutions and international institutions like UN Security Council?

A

Kadi II

114
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Article 53(2) Charter

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Same meaning and scope if Charter and ECHR overlap, but EU law can provide ‘more extensive protection’

115
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What is the difference between EU and ECHR in terms of an individual being able to rely on each?

A

C need not exhaust domestic remedies under EU law, and ECJ decision directly implemented, but exact opposite in ECtHR

116
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Article 6 TEU general

A

Various sources of human rights in EU law

117
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What does Dougan believe the outcome is if primacy placed in driving seat?

A

DE only relevant for substitution effect

118
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Internationale Handelsgesellschaft BverG judgment

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Any conflict between fundamental constitutional rights and Community leads to former prevailing

119
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What case made it clear that the ECHR is NOT formally incorporated into EU law?

A

Schindler v Commission

120
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What was cited in Nold v Commission?

A

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

121
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Winner Wetten

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National provision MAY be maintained until possible to redress violation

122
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Why is it logical EU law has primacy?

A

To ensure the community actually functions

123
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Who argues that the EU system of human rights protection is increasingly characterised by integration with national constitutional laws?

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Eeckhout

124
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What showed, in the case of Wachauf v Germany, that Members need to ensure protection of fundamental rights WHENEVER implementing EU measures?

A

Case had little to do with rights and before implementation of EU Charter - slight link enough

125
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Internationale Handelsgesellschaft shows what about ‘common constitutional principles’?

A

Hard to integrate those of Members into the EU

126
Q

What Article is a powerful human rights tool in specific field of non-discrimination for EU?

A

Article 19 TFEU

127
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Network of Independent Experts’ Report

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suggested the annexation of EU fundamental rights standard to international standard

128
Q

What does the case of Kadi I show, contextually?

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Post-9/11, ECJ more willing to strike down EU law for disproportionately violating individual rights

129
Q

Rutill general

A

Specific expressions of general principles

130
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What did the Schrems decision make defunct?

A

‘safe harbour’ of US

131
Q

When was the Fundamental Rights Agency established?

A

2007

132
Q

Wachauf v Germany

A

Members need to ensure protection of fundamental rights WHENEVER implementing EU measures

133
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What are the two categories showing a balance between economic freedoms and protection of public interest

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Attempt by Member to derogate from FM restricted by infringement of right, or economic freedom clashes with State fundamental right

134
Q

AKZO

A

‘uniform tendency’

135
Q

Why was res judicator ignored in Lucchini?

A

would have prevented recovery of state aid granted in breach of EU law

136
Q

German court dismissed ‘maximum standard’ approach, so fundamental right could only belong to one Member

A

Mannesmannrohren-Werke

137
Q

Factortame on national bodies that must apply supremacy

A

Set aside rule against interim relief if prevents ‘full effectiveness of the judgment’

138
Q

Article 2 TEU

A

Expresses list of EU founding values

139
Q

According to Article 3 TEU, what is the goal of the EU?

A

combat social exclusion and discrimination, and promote social justice, protection, equality, solidarity and protection of children’s rights

140
Q

Simmenthal on national bodies that must apply supremacy doctrine

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Regardless of Constitutional Court - court before which conflict arises must give immediate effect to EU law

141
Q

What case is the first Solange of Germany?

A

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH

142
Q

What was the declaration in the Lisbon Treaty instead of?

A

TECE proposed supremacy clause

143
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What case stated that special criteria to assess particular Member constitution would ‘lead inevitably to the destruction of the Common Market’?

A

Hauer

144
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In what case was it said that the ECJ offers protection ‘substantially similar to the unconditional protection of fundamental rights under Constitution’?

A

Wunsche Handelsgesellschaft

145
Q

What did Members refuse to include in Fundamental Rights Agency?

A

Monitoring of Members for the purposes of Article 7 TEU

146
Q

NS and Others

A

Inhumane and degrading treatment by UK and ireland

147
Q

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH general

A

Maize, subsidy on export

148
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What case showed EU law is supreme, even over Constitution?

A

Germany v Council

149
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What case saw rejection of ‘special criteria’ to assess particular Member’s constitution?

A

Hauer

150
Q

ERT v Dimotiki general

A

Greece ban on certain TV ads

151
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What Article was violated in Schrems?

A

Article 8 ECHR

152
Q

What Article states conditions of respect for EU founding values to be a Member

A

Article 49 TEU

153
Q

Opinion 2/13 on EU Accession saw the CJEU emphasise what about the EU legal order?

A

It is autonomous

154
Q

What Treaty declared primacy?

A

Lisbon Treaty

155
Q

Elchinov

A

Lower court can seek ruling on compatibility of higher court with EU law, regardless of binding nature of higher court

156
Q

ITWF and FEU v Viking Line general

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Strike, ‘re-flag’, trade unions

157
Q

ERT v Dimotiki judgment

A

Any restriction on FM still needs to comply with fundamental rights

158
Q

What does Article 6(3) TEU lack reference to?

A

International human rights treaties and instruments other than the ECHR

159
Q

Name at least two cases exploring national bodies which must apply the supremacy doctrine

A

Simmenthal, Factortame, Lars and Elchinov

160
Q

Strike, ‘re-flag’, trade unions

A

ITWF and FEU v Viking Line

161
Q

Name two cases showing balance between exercise of economic freedom and protection of public interest

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ERT v Dimotiki; ITWF and FEU v Viking Line

162
Q

What did Costa v ENEL lead to concern about?

A

HRs would be undermined under domestic constitutions

163
Q

Stauder general

A

Affirmed category of general principles of EU law

164
Q

In what two ways can a solange principle operate?

A

Positive or negative

165
Q

Kadi II judgment

A

Less deferential to EU institutions and international institutions like UN Security Council

166
Q

Advantage of Declaration 17 Lisbon of Treaty

A

Less controversial and clearer than original supremacy clause in TECE

167
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What case shows the ECJ requiring a national rue preventing interim relief be set aside to ensure ‘full effectiveness of the judgment’?

A

Factortame

168
Q

Name at least one case showing a challenge to EU legislation

A

Digital Rights Ireland; Kadi I; Kadi II

169
Q

Kadi I and II cited only what?

A

Charter and ECHR

170
Q

Wunsche Handelsgesellschaft judgment

A

As long as EU protection of fundamental rights satisfactory, no individual review

171
Q

What was the primacy point made in Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH?

A

EU law has primacy, regardless of national legislation/rights/constitutional structure

172
Q

Inhumane and degrading treatment by UK and Ireland

A

NS and Others

173
Q

What was the outcome of schemers?

A

National supervisory authorities can review EU-US data transfers to stop data snooping and protect Article 8 ECHR

174
Q

What case required ‘uniform tendency’ among Members for the approach to be a general principle?

A

AZKO

175
Q

What does the case of Internationale Handelsgesellschaft BverG show a move to in terms of operation of solange?

A

Move from positive to negative operation of solange

176
Q

Council can suspend voting and other rights of Member if found to persistently and seriously breach Article 2 principles under what article?

A

Article 7 TEU

177
Q

Same meaning and scope if Charter and ECHR overlap, but EU law can provide ‘more extensive protection’

A

Article 53(2) Charter

178
Q

Name some negatives of Declaration 17 Lisbon of Treaty

A

Might cause courts to doubt continuing validity of supremacy principle for constitutional matters, and no resolution on ultimate decision-maker on boundary of EU competences

179
Q

Name at least one case showing supremacy principle is applicable to national laws pre-dating and/or post-dating EU law

A

Simmenthal; Winner Wetten

180
Q

What case saw rejection of the ‘maximum standard’ approach?

A

Mannesmannrohren-Werke

181
Q

Williams criticised Article 7 TEU how?

A

Lack of practical usage