BPP EU Law Revision

Treaty of Rome 1957; European Communities established Maastricht Treaty 1993; EEC renamed EC Lisbon Treaty TOTEU and TFEU 2009: single structure Primary sources of EU Law Treaties and their amendments. agreements between the union and 3Ps (such as Lome conventions) In UK, Treaties not DA as require parliamentary ratification. Regulations First form of binding secondary legislation. DA (BOLLINGER). Create uniformity in law between MS. Not automatically DE (unless satisfy VGL criteria, in which case DE horizontally and vertically). Directives (Background) Second form of binding secondary legislation. Not DA, do not automatically become law. Set out an objective, MS has discretion in implementation method, usually within given time period. UK mostly enacted through AoP, or if technical through statutory instrument.