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Primary legislation of eu law |
Treaties |
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Secondary sources of eu law |
Regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations |
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Directives |
End result is binding, such directives gives member states a deadline to give it the force of law - if passed deadlines European Commission can take actions against them |
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Treaty of Rome |
Treaty of Functioning of the EU - merger act of 3 communities into one common market in order to prevent another world war by making member states interdependent in terms of fuel and economic |
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Why does EU law supersede constitution? |
Doctrine of direct effect - treaties are directly effective in member states Doctrine of supremacy - eu law takes precedence over domestic law |
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The Maastricht treaty |
Introduced EU citizenship, set foundation of euros, set out common foreign and security policy |
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Treaty of Amsterdam |
Consolidated powers of the EU |
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European stability mechanism treaty 2012 |
Established a new permanent international financial institution- European Stability Mechanism - provide financial assistance to euro zone members should they encounter severe financial problems |
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Single European act |
To establish a single market |
