EU Opinions
European Union opinions Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Article 288 of the TFEU lists the 5 different types of legal acts EU institutions can adopt. These are: regulations, ...
Category Archives: The European Union
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EU Institutions (21)
EU Law (22)
Finance & Budget (18)
Security & Foreign Policy (14)
EU Decisions
European Union decisions To exercise the EU’s competence, EU institutions may adopt 5 types of legal acts. A decision is a binding legal act which may either be of general application or may have a specific ...
Enforcing EU Law
Enforcement of EU law Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) It states that to exercise the EU’s competences, the EU institutions must adopt regulations, directives, decisions, ...
Effect of EU Law
Precedence of European law According to the precedence principle, European law is superior to the national laws of Member States. The precedence principle applies to all European acts with a binding force. Therefore, ...
EU Official Publications
Publications Office Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom — the organisation and operation of the Publications Office of the European Union It sets out the role, responsibilities, tasks and organisational structure of the ...
EU Law Identifiers
European Legislation Identifier (ELI) Council conclusions inviting the introduction of the European Legislation Identifier (ELI) Legislation is widely available online and accessible in various digital formats. ...
Access to EU Law
Accessibility of public sector websites and mobile apps Directive (EU) 2016/2102 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies It aims to make public sector websites and mobile ...
Better Law Making
Better Law-Making — Agreement between EU institutions Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making It aims to ...
EU Courts & Procedure
European and international courts Article 19 of the Treaty on European Union Article 257 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union There are many courts that operate at international level and it is not ...
EU Council Procedures
European Council: Rules of Procedure European Council Decision 2009/882/EU adopting its Rules of Procedure It lays down the rules and procedures for organising the work of the European Council. These cover: the roles ...
EU Competence Division and Subsidiarity
Division of competences within the European Union The EU has only the competences conferred on it by the Treaties (principle of conferral). Under this principle, the EU may only act within the limits of the ...
Council and Procedure
The Council of the European Union SUMMARY OF: Article 16 Treaty on European Union Articles 237 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Articles 238 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Articles 239 ...
Statistics
Collection of quarterly non-financial statistics for government by EU countries Regulation (EC) No 1221/2002 on quarterly non-financial accounts for general government It defines the main categories of public ...
EU Personnel
European Administrative School Decision 2005/118/EC establishing the European Administrative School Decision 2005/119/EC — organisation and operation of the European Administrative School Decision 2005/118/EC sets up ...
Commission Procedures
The European Commission Article 17 Treaty on European Union Article 18 Treaty on European Union Article 244 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) — role, composition, powers and functioning of ...
Various EU Bodies
Cooperation between the EU’s institutions Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union (EU) lists the EU’s institutions and states that they must practice ‘mutual ...
EU Law Making
Legislative procedures Article 289 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union It reforms the EU’s previous decision-making process, thus strengthening its capacity to take decisions and action. KEY POINTS ...
European Ombudsman
The European Ombudsman Charter of Fundamental Rights European Parliament Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom – regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties It establishes the ...
Implementing the Budget
Rules governing the EU budget Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 — the financial rules applicable to the EU’s general budget.The regulation updates and simplifies the rules for drawing up and implementing the EU ...
Budget Contributions
EU countries’ contributions to the EU’s budget The European Union has adopted rules on methods and procedures to be followed by EU countries in regard to their contributions to the EU’s budget, which are ...
The EU Budget
Multiannual EU budget (2014-2020) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 — the EU’s multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 sets out the maximum annual amounts that can be spent on the EU’s different ...