What is the importance of the conclusion of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Treaty on 18 April 1951 in Paris?
EU was founded with a view to establish, promote and maintain peace and prosperity in Europe after World War II The first step of this historic event was the conclusion of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Treaty on 18 April 1951 in Paris and its entry into force on 23 July 1952.
After the the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Treaty, which further development came in 1957 with the Treaties of Rome of 25 March 1957?
The European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM).
Which Eu member state decided to leave the EU with the Brexit referendum in 2016?
United Kingdom
What are the European Union’s institutions which shall aim to promote its values, advance its objectives, serve its interests, those of its citizens and those of the Member States?
• the European Parliament,
• the European Council,
• the Council,
• the European Commission,
• theCJEU of the EU,
• the European Central Bank,
• the Court of Auditors.
What are the functions of the European Parliament?
The European Parliament has a legitimising and supervisory function as well since it is the only directly elected EU institution by the people. Accordingly, it provides democratic legitimacy and control to the whole of the European integration process. It exercises legislative and budgetary functions together with the Council and has some consultative functions too. Moreover, it exercises the functions of political/democratic
control over the other EU institutions.
What is the function of the European Council?
The European Council shall provide the Union with the necessary impetus for its development and shall define the general political directions and priorities thereof.
What is the function of The Council (Council of Ministers)?
The Council shall, jointly with the European Parliament, exercise legislative and budgetary functions.
What is the function of the European Commission?
The Commission promotes the general interest of the Union and takes appropriate initiatives to that end.
What is the role of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)?
The role of the CJEU is to provide the judicial safeguards necessary to ensure that the law is observed in the interpretation and application of the treaties and generally in all of the activities of the Union.
What is the main objective of the European System of Central Banks?
To maintain price stability and it authorises the issue of Euro, the single currency of the Eurozone countries.
What is the main task of the Court of Auditors?
Its main task is to examine and check the revenue and expenditure of the EU and to ensure that the acts and actions are dealt with according to law.
Please explain the principle of conferral which is mentioned in Article 4/1 with reference to Article 5.
In accordance with Article 5, competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States.
What are the exclusive Power Areas for the EU?
• customs union;
• the establishing of the competition rules necessary for the functioning of the internal
market;
• monetary policy for the Member States whose currency is the euro;
• the conservation of marine biological resources under the common fisheries policy;
• common commercial policy
What are the Shared Power Areas between the EU and the Member States?
• internal market;
• social policy, for the aspects defined in this
Treaty;
• economic, social and territorial cohesion;
• agriculture and fisheries, excluding the
conservation of marine biological resources;
• environment;
• consumer protection;
• transport;
• trans-European networks;
• energy;
• area of freedom, security and justice;
• common safety concerns in public health
matters, for the aspects defined in this
Treaty
What are supporting, coordinating and supplementing competence areas for the EU?
• protection and improvement of human
health;
• industry;
• culture;
• tourism;
• education, vocational training, youth and
sport;
• civil protection;
• administrative cooperation
What function does Article 5, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the TEU that regulates the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality have?
Guiding principles to the exercise of the EU’s powers. In other words those principles inform how the EU should exercise those powers.
Which are the sources of EU law that can be divided into two?
“Primary sources” and “secondary sources”.
What does primary sources consist of?
Primary sources consist of the international agreements entered into by the
Member States for the purpose of establishing the constitution of the EU.
Please give examples for various types of acts which are not listed in the Treaties that are being adopted by the institutions of the EU.
Communications, memoranda, programmes, guidelines, resolutions, White Papers, Green Papers etc.
What is the difference between direct applicability and direct effect of EU Law Provisions?
The principle of direct effect refers to the rights conferred by EU law, which
may be invoked directly by individuals before their national courts. On the other hand, the principle of direct effect applicability, which was introduced by the Treaty for certain types of EU secondary legislation, should be reserved for the method of incorporation of secondary EU law to the municipal order.