Primary EU Law

Question 1

Sources (5)

Answer 1

1. Treaties
2. Soft law
3. Case law from CJEU
4. International treaties/ agreements
5. EU legislations

Question 2

Treaties (7b)

Answer 2

1. 1952 European steel and coal community
2. 1958 treaties of Rome
   A) European economic community
   B) European atomic energy community (EURATOM)
3. 1987 European single act: the single market
4. 1993 Treaty or EU: Maastricht
5. 1999 treaty of Amsterdam
6. 2003 treaty of nice
7. 2009 treaty of Lisbon

Question 3

European steel and coal community

Answer 3

1952

Question 4

Treaties of Rome (2) plus year

Answer 4

1958
European economic community
European atomic energy community (EURATOM)

Question 5

European single act: the single market

Answer 5

1987

Question 6

Treaty of EU: Maastricht

Answer 6

1993

Question 7

Treaty of Amsterdam

Answer 7

1999

Question 8

Treaty of nice

Answer 8

2003

Question 9

Treaty of Lisbon

Answer 9

2009

Question 10

Importance of the treaties

Answer 10

A new supranational legal order

Question 11

“The union constitutes a new legal order of international law for the benefit of which the states have limited their sovereign rights…” case

Answer 11

Van Gend en Loos 1963

Question 12

Van Gend en Loos (year and quote)

Answer 12

1963
“The union constitutes a new legal order of international law for the benefit of which the states have limited their sovereign rights…”

Question 13

Key treaties (3)

Answer 13

Treaty on the EU (TEU)
Treaty on the function of the EU (TFEU)
Charter of fundamental rights (CFR)

Question 14

Charter of Fundamental rights first proclaimed…

Answer 14

2000, legal force with Lisbon Treaty 2008

Question 15

Charter of Fundamental rights how many articles under 6 titles ?

Answer 15

54 articles 
Dignity
Freedoms 
Equality 
Solidarity
Citizens rights 
Justice