Basic Principles

Question 1

The 3 Pillars

Answer 1

1. European Community
2. Common and Foreign Security Policy
3. Political and Judicial cooperation in Criminal matters

Question 2

Van Gend En Loos

Answer 2

Community law confers rights to individuals as well as creating new legal obligations

Question 3

Kadi I

Answer 3

MSs are bound to respect the requirements of EU law over other international agreements

Question 4

Qualified Majority Voting

Answer 4

Each state has votes depending on its size
Must have 260/352 votes
Must have votes of the majority of MSs

Question 5

Ordinary Legislative Procedure (4 features)

Answer 5

1. Joint agreement between commission, EP, and council
2. Veto power of parliament
3. Assent of the council by qualified majority voting
4. Conciliation committee made up of members of commission, EP, and council resolve any disputes

Question 6

Costa v Enel

Answer 6

Authority for the primacy of EU law

Question 7

Simmenthal

Answer 7

EU measures render automatically inapplicable any conflicting national law, and preclude the adoption of new conflicting national legislation.

Question 8

Art 290 TFEU

Answer 8

An act may delegate to the commission to adopt non-legislative acts (with the assent of the EP and council)