National Farmers’ Union v. Secretariat General du Gouvernement (Case C-241/01) Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ) 22 October 2002 PARTIES: National Farmers’ Union and Secrétariat général du gouvernement Interveners: British Government and European Commission FACTS: In 1996‚ the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a progressive neurological disease‚ widespread in the United Kingdom. After that a link between this and a variant of a particular disease affecting human beings
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also refers to the treaty on European Union and the treaty establishing the European Community as well as to the book “Comparative Law in a Changing World”. Due to article 234 (ex 177) EC‚ giving the European Court of Justice the jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings concerning among others the interpretation of the treaty‚ the Giudice Conciliatore‚ Milan‚ approached the ECJ to interpret the articles 97 (ex 102)‚ 88 (ex 93)‚ the former article 53 (later repealed by the Treaty of Amsterdam) and
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A New Gear in the CFSP Machinery: Integration of the Petersberg Tasks in the Treaty on European Union Fabrizio Pagani* Abstract Article ]. 7 of the Amsterdam Treaty‚ which amends the Treaty on European Union‚ establishes that the Western European Union shall provide the European Union with access to an operational capability for ’humanitarian and rescue tasks‚ peace-keeping tasks and tasks of combat forces in crisis management‚ including peacemaking’. Making reference to the 1992 WEU Petersberg
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Topic: The subsidiarity principal in the European UnionContent:1.Introduction2.The origins and first manifestations of the principal of subsidiarity in the EC3.The subsidiarity principle itself- The Treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam4.Case law and the European Court of Justice4.1.The Tobacco Advertising Case4.2.The Working Time Directive5.Evolution of the Principle in recent years- From Amsterdam until today6.Conclusion1.IntroductionSubsidiarity can be defined as:"the principle that a central authority
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4. Case Study: End of Life Automobile Directive The case study here will illustrate how business adapted to the multilayered lobbying coalition in response to the EU policy-making. The EU Commission introduced the policy on the End of Life Automobile debate in 1994 upon receiving recycling proposals on waste management from the EU Council and EP in 1990 and 1992 respectively. Moreover‚ the Commission was facing pressure from policy groups‚ influence from Council of Minister‚ EP‚ and the Court of
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we will include two cases‚ whose verdicts have had a major impact on the business framework in the EU‚ and its impact on the institutions of the EU. Structure and functions: It was established by the treaty of Paris in 1952 as an auxiliary institution. It became an institution when the treaties of Rome established the EEC and EUROATOM. The court of Justice is located in Luxembourg. Initially it consisted of 7 judges‚ today it consists of 25 judges and 8 advocates general‚ appointed in agreement
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On February 7th 1992 the treaty of Maastricht introduced European citizenship. This finally defined what an EU citizen ’ is‚ most obviously in the amended Article 17 of the Treaty of Rome. This declared that in order for one to hold "citizenship of the Union"‚ one must hold "nationality of a Member State". So anyone with nationality to a country within the European union is immediately granted European Citizenship. Consequently all nationals belonging to states joining the EU will also be automatically
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Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..1 Concept of new legal order and its effect on sovereignty of Member States……………….1 The role of ECJ in developing principles and whether Treaties expressly provided basis for those principles…………………………………………………………………………………2 Supremacy of Community law………………………………………………………………...3 Interpretation of Community law…………………………………………………………….3 Non-discrimination on the basis of nationality/gender as fundamental principle………...4 Principle of proportionality…………………………………………………………………
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Harmonization. Denmark has a special position as regards EC legislation under Title IV TEC‚ according to Protocol adopted by 1997 Amsterdam Treaty and annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community (TEC). Referring to the 1992 Edinburgh Decision of the European Council concerning certain problems raised by Denmark on the Treaty on European Union‚ article 1 of the Danish Protocol provides that Denmark will not take part in the adoption by the Council of proposed
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Introduction As we know on Thursday 23 June 2016 UK held a referendum to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. The EU is a political and economic partnership between 28 countries that started after World War. This with the theory that countries that trade together are more likely to avoid going to war with each other. In Britain 30 million people or 71.8% of the population turned out to vote. The leave vote won by 51.9% to 48.1% which has been labelled Brexit. The result
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