Legal Language of the European Union
von Dietmar Hafner
1. Fischer
2. EU Court of Justice
2.1. Luxembourg
2.2. Individual can bring in an action if he she is effected directly, otherwise states or EU organ
2.3. Rechberger case
2.3.1. payed for hotel
2.3.2. hotel take the austrian couple as hostage
2.3.3. they have to pay ransom
2.3.4. Package tour directive
2.3.4.1. Pauschalreisen Verordnung
2.3.5. Insurance company had to pay because of bankcruptcy hotel
2.3.6. uniform interpretation and application
2.4. Enforcement
2.4.1. Durchsetzung
2.5. Actions
2.5.1. Klagen
2.6. Applicant
2.6.1. Kläger
2.7. Respondent
2.7.1. Beklagter
2.8. Trial
2.8.1. Verfahren
2.9. Judgement, ruling
2.9.1. Urteil
2.10. institue proceedings
2.10.1. Verfahren einleiten
2.11. Actions for Infringement
2.11.1. Vertragsverletzung
2.12. Actions for annulment
2.12.1. Nichtigkeit
2.13. Actions for failure of an act
2.13.1. Untätigkeit
2.14. observation
2.14.1. Stellungsnahme
2.15. Supremacy
2.15.1. Anwendungsvorrgang
2.15.1.1. established by Costa, Canel case
2.16. Direct effectiveness
2.16.1. Direktwirkung
2.17. 1 Commission asks the state
2.18. 2 Observation from state
2.19. 3 Reasoned opinion (ultimatum)
2.20. 4 After ultimatum, proceedings from COM
3. Internal Market
3.1. Common Market
3.1.1. Gemeinsamer Markt
3.1.2. still some tariff remains
3.2. Binnenmarkt
3.2.1. customs unions
3.2.1.1. +4 freedoms
3.2.1.2. freedoms of persons
3.2.1.3. freedom movement of services
3.2.1.4. freedom movement of capital
3.2.1.5. + prohibation of discrimacy
3.3. 1) Trade Agreement
3.3.1. limit custom tariffs
3.3.2. Handelsvertrag
3.4. 2) Free trade area
3.4.1. Freihandelszone
3.4.2. tariffs are reduced between state which are in the area
3.4.3. But maintain outside tariffs
3.4.4. Must originate from the free trade area
3.4.4.1. Certificate of origin
3.4.4.1.1. Ursprungszeugnis
3.4.5. Movement certificate
3.4.5.1. EUR I
3.4.5.2. Warenverkehrsbescheinigung
3.4.6. Screw driver factors syndrom
3.4.6.1. What is the limit for the origin?
3.4.6.2. Value added test
3.4.6.2.1. +50 % then is orginates from one country
3.5. 3) Customs Union
3.5.1. Common external tariff
3.5.2. Charge CET independently from entering country
4. Court of Auditors
4.1. Rechnungshof
5. European commission
5.1. Functions
5.1.1. control
5.1.1.1. watchdog of EU
5.2. EU Commision
5.3. EP
5.3.1. Conciliation Commitee (Vergleichskommitee)
5.4. Commission = honest broker
6. Three Questions
6.1. Send answers to
6.1.1. [email protected]
7. Treaty of Lisbon 2007
7.1. Constitution of european union
7.2. TEU (treaty of european union)
7.3. TFEU (treaty of functioninng of the european union)
7.3.1. movements of
7.3.1.1. goods
7.3.1.1.1. warenverkehr
7.3.1.2. persons
7.3.1.2.1. worker
7.3.1.2.2. self employment
7.3.1.2.3. Students?
7.3.1.2.4. establishment
7.3.1.3. services
7.3.1.4. capital and payments
7.3.1.4.1. Kapital und Zahlungsverkehr
7.4. EU Charter of fundamential rights
8. Languages in EU
8.1. 23 official languages
8.2. 3 languages are used within commitees
9. deepening or widening
9.1. Deeping
9.1.1. is entrusted with more and more powers
9.1.1.1. Mehr Kompetenz übertragen
9.2. Widening
9.2.1. EU gets bigger
9.2.1.1. better chances on the internal market
10. Primary / Secondary
10.1. Prim:
10.1.1. Treaty of Lisbon
10.2. Secondary:
10.2.1. Enacted Law
10.2.1.1. Not called law
10.2.1.1.1. Only states can make laws
10.2.1.2. Directive
10.2.1.2.1. requires implementation
10.2.1.3. Regulations
11. Supranationality
11.1. regulations are direct applicable
11.1.1. Direct effectiveness
11.1.1.1. Direkt-Wirkung
11.1.1.2. Direkte Stützung auf eine gesetzliche Regelung
11.1.2. superior over the national law
11.2. force is also bind to individuals
11.2.1. Microsoft must follow the rules
11.3. Compulsory Jurisdiction
11.3.1. Every case will go to the Court of the European Union (Luxemburg)
12. European Integration
12.1. Marshall Plan
12.1.1. Organisation to control where the money goes, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
12.2. Schuhman Plan, 1950
12.2.1. Core of the European Union
12.2.2. Cooperation Germany and France
12.2.3. Proclavations
12.2.3.1. End wars
12.2.3.2. countries join their heavy industry
12.2.3.2.1. merger
12.2.4. ECSC
12.2.4.1. European coal and steel community
12.3. Treaty of Maastricht
12.3.1. Establishment EU
12.3.1.1. Europ. economic community
12.3.1.2. EURATOM
12.3.2. Principle of subsidiarity
12.3.2.1. gives power to the members states level if problem can be resolved there, if not than it must be resolved on european level
12.3.2.1.1. Example with birds protection directive, does not make sense on national level
12.3.3. Union citizenship
12.3.3.1. right to move freely and reside
12.3.3.2. in third countries you can go the embassy of an european members state
13. Preliminary ruling
13.1. Individuals can enforce their rights
13.1.1. Individual go to Verwaltungsgerichtshof, but can not interprete it and then is must be handled by European suprem court
14. Dawn raids
14.1. When police comes into the morning for discovery and search
15. European Parliament
15.1. Motion of censure
15.1.1. Misstrauensantrag
16. European Concil
16.1. Europäischer Rat
17. EU Concil
17.1. Ministerrat
17.1.1. 27/28 People