list of cases

Question 1

Van Gend en Loos

Answer 1

direct effect, autonomous nature of the legal order (sui generis)

Question 2

Costa v ENEL

Answer 2

primacy, autonomous nature of the legal order (sui generis)

Question 3

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft

Answer 3

primacy over national constitutional law, fundamental rights protection based on constitutional traditions common to the Member States

Question 4

Simmenthal II

Answer 4

any national court can declare national law that is contrary to EU law inapplicable

Question 5

Ratti

Answer 5

vertical direct effect

Question 6

Kolpinghuis Nijmegen

Answer 6

exclusion of inverse vertical direct effect

Question 7

Faccini Dori

Answer 7

no horizontal direct effect

Question 8

Kücükdeveci

Answer 8

horizontal direct effect of directives as expression of a more general legal principle

Question 9

CIA Security

Answer 9

triangular situation

Question 10

Inter-Environnement Wallonie

Answer 10

advance effect of directives, standstill obligation

Question 11

Von Colson

Answer 11

consistent interpretation of national law with EU law or else disregard conflicting national provisions on their own account

Question 12

Francovich

Answer 12

Member State liability for EU law violation

Question 13

Köbler

Answer 13

Member State liability for judges EU law violation

Question 14

Rewe-Zentralfinanz

Answer 14

procedural autonomy, equivalence, effectiveness

Question 15

Factortame I

Answer 15

interim protection

Question 16

Fédération charbonnière

Answer 16

implied powers legislation

Question 17

Plaumann

Answer 17

individual concern annulment proceedings

Question 18

Inuit

Answer 18

regulatory act annulment proceedings

Question 19

Vaassen

Answer 19

criteria for courts/tribunals Art. 267 TFEU

Question 20

Foto-Frost

Answer 20

obligation to refer questions on validity for every court in Art. 267 TFEU

Question 21

CILFIT

Answer 21

act claire, acte éclairé I, II

Question 22

BVerfG, Solange I:

Answer 22

BVerfG reserved the right to review Community law as long as no effective protection of fundamental rights was guaranteed in the EEC legal system

Question 23

BVerfG, Solange II:

Answer 23

BVerfG state that, unless it gave further notice, it would not exercise its right to an ultimate review of fundamental rights since the protection of fundamental rights at the EEC level had now become sufficient

Question 24

BVerfG, PSPP

Answer 24

ultra vires

Question 25

Bauer

Answer 25

horizontal effect fundamental rights

Question 26

Dassonville

Answer 26

definition of restriction

Question 27

Keck

Answer 27

Keck exemption free movement

Question 28

Angonese

Answer 28

horizontal effect of free movement of workers

Question 29

Bosman

Answer 29

regulatory power of private parties

Question 30

Schmidberger

Answer 30

duty to protect

Question 31

Cassis de Dijon

Answer 31

country of origin, non-written justification