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Commission ideas- propose law |
Composition • 5 year term • 1 member from each country (28) • members don't represent their countries, they represent the EU interests • commissioners responsible for different areas e.g transport, environment and industry
Role Propose legislation- Protect interests of the EU
Manage EU budget- Draft annual budget and set spending for EU
Represents the EU nationally- Negotiating international agreement
Enforcing EU law- Known as the 'guardian of treaties' |
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EU council- dispose law |
Composition- • president which rotates every 6 month • each member of state will send 1 representative depending on the content • twice a year a meeting will be held for the head of each member state
Main role- Pass legislation Council pass law with EU parliament
Other roles- Approve budget Propose budget and council approves
Co-ordinate economic policies To create more jobs and education
Foreign defence policy UK- 29 votes Malta- 5 votes
How do they vote? Weighted according to the countries population |
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EU parliament |
Composition- • directly elected by EU voters every 5 years • known as MEP's and represent the EU people • the number of MEP's for each country is roughly in proportion to its population • currently • UK has 75 members (751 in total)
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• limited legislative powers Can debate and pass some EU laws with the council based on the commissions proposals
• democratic supervision (supervisory role) No direct law making power
• supervising the budget Make sure council is managing budget correctly |
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EU court of justice |
Composition- • 28 judges- one from each member of state • re-appointed every 6 years • sit in groups of 3 or 5 generally • work on a unanimous decision no dissenting judgements • president- renewed every 3 years • the government of each member state decides on who they wish to be their judge
Tachograph commission v UK
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Judicial role- failure to fulfil an obligation • the communisation will take action against any member of state that they believe are not adhering to EU law • if the ruling is still not followed then the court can issue a fine
Re Tachographs commission v UK
Preliminary Ruling Procedure (supervision Role) • national courts in each member of state is responsible for ensuring that all EU law is applied correctly • if a national court is in doubt about the interpretation of EU law it may sometimes ask the ECJ for advise • this is known as Preliminary ruling procedure or article 267
Torafaen Borough Council v B&Q- asked ECJ a question on sunday trading hours Wasn't a breach of law |
