Relation between EU law & International law

Question 1

What does ART.27 VCLT say?

Answer 1

“The Union cannot withdraw from implementing international obligations due to its internal provisions”

Question 2

Summarise what ART.103 VCLT says

Answer 2

This article states the primacy of UN obligations over the ones flowing from the ECHR and from EU Treaties

Question 3

What does art.34(2) TEU say?

Answer 3

“Member States that are also members of the UN Security Council will, in the execution of their functions, defend the positions and the interests of the Union”

Question 4

What is the COUNTER-LIMITS DOCTRINE about?

Answer 4

This doctrine claims that whenever Eu law breaches the fundamental principles of the constitutional order or the fundamental rights of the individuals of a certain MS, national law prevails on EU law (when normally the opposite happens)