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European Contract LawLecture I: European Union
Fryderyk Zoll
European Union
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19481948Brussels Treaty
19511952Paris Treaty
19541955Modified Brussels Treaty
19571958Rome treaties
19651967Merger Treaty
1975N/AEuropean Council conclusion
19851985Schengen Treaty
19861987Single European Act
19921993Maastricht Treaty
19971999Amsterdam Treaty
20012003Nice Treaty
2007
2009
Lisbon Treaty
European Union
• Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community (OJ C 306, 17.12.2007).
• Supremacy of Union law• The limits of Union competences• Legal personality of the EU• Participatory democracy
European Union
• The Charter of Fundamental Rights• Increased flexibility and enhanced
cooperation• The role of national parliaments• Common security and defence policy (CSDP)http://circa.europa.eu/irc/opoce/fact_sheets/info/data/how/evolution/article_7164_en.htm
Institutions of the EU
• the European Parliament, • the Council of the European Union, • the European Commission, • the European Council, • the European Central Bank, • the Court of Justice of the European Union• the European Court of Auditors
European Parliament
• Legislative procedure• Budget• Supervisory powers
European Commission
• Executive power• Legislative initiative• Enforcement
European Court of Justice
• Actions for failure to fulfil obligations: infringement procedure – (Article 258 (ex Article 226) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)
• Actions for annulment under Article 263 (ex Article 230)• Application for compensation based on non-contractual
liability under Article 268 • Actions for failure to act under Article 265 (ex Article 232)• Appeals on points of law under Article 256 (ex Article
225)• References for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 (ex
Article 234)
European Court of Justice
General Court (former Court of the First Instance)• Actions for annulment• Actions for damages• Actions based on an arbitration clause
Sources of law
Primary sources of the European Law:• Treaty on European Union (TEU)• Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union (TFEU)
Sources of Law
Secondary sources of the EU law• Regulations under Article 288 of the
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (formerly Article 249 TEC).
• Directives under Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (formerly Article 249 TEC).
• Recommendations under Article 288 of the Treaty on European Union (formerly Article 249 TEC)
• Decisions under Article 288 of the Treaty on European Union (formerly Article 249 TEC)